consumer
an organism that feeds on organic matter bc it cannot produce it- All animals, all fungi, and some plants are consumers
Decomposer
An organism that absorbs nutrients from living things or the organic matter they leave behind, turning into simpler inorganic matter
inorganic
not produced by living things
organic
produced almost exclusively by living (or once living) things
organism
a single living thing
population
all the organisms of a certain kind or particuliar place.
producer
an organism that converts simple inorganinc matter (such as water and carbon dioxide) into organic matter (like sugar and protein)