Question

reading the term and rephrasing it in your own words. this takes more brain power
vocab word definition picture
producer / autotroph
consumer / heterotroph
decomposer
food chain
primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer

Explanation:

• Producer/Autotroph: Organism that makes its own food via photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, like plants.
• Consumer/Heterotroph: Organism that gets energy by eating other organisms, e.g., animals.
• Decomposer: Organism that breaks down dead or decaying matter, such as fungi and bacteria.
• Food Chain: A linear sequence of organisms where nutrients and energy pass as one eats another.
• Primary Consumer: Herbivore that eats producers directly, like a rabbit eating grass.
• Secondary Consumer: Carnivore or omnivore that eats primary consumers, e.g., a fox eating a rabbit.
• Tertiary Consumer: Top - level carnivore that eats secondary consumers, such as a hawk preying on a fox.

Answer:

Producer/Autotroph: An organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
Consumer/Heterotroph: An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.
Decomposer: An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organic matter.
Food Chain: A sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.
Primary Consumer: An organism that eats producers (usually herbivores).
Secondary Consumer: An organism that eats primary consumers (usually carnivores or omnivores).
Tertiary Consumer: An organism that eats secondary consumers (top - level carnivores).