consumer
an 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 simpler inorganic matter.
inorganic
not produced by living things.
organic
produced almost exclusively by living (or once-living) things.
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).
organism
a single living thing