The network of all the inter-related food chains in a biological community.
The sequence of who eats whom in a
biological community.
food web
autotroph
An organism that gets its energy by
eating other organisms.
heterotroph
An organism that makes its food from
light or chemical energy without eating.
carnivore
An organism that eats plants.
herbivore
An organism that eats meat.
primary consumer
A meat-eater that eats primary
consumers.
secondary consumer
A meat-eater that eats tertiary
consumers.
A meat-eater that eats autotrophs.
tertiary consumer
quaternary consumer
A meat-eater that eats secondary
consumers.