Consumer
on organism that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it
Decomposer
an organism that absorbs nutrients from living things or the organic matter they leave behind, turning it into simper 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 in a particular place
Producer
an organism that converts simple inorganic matter (such as water and carbon dioxide ) into organic matter ( like sugar and protein )