Helpful Definitions

Biodiversity: The amount of different living things in an area

Decomposer: An organism that breaks apart dead or decaying matter.

Food Chain: A direct path of nutrients in nature, based on what organisms eat.

Food Web: Interconnected food chains showing possibilities of nutrient exchange in nature.

Predator: An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

Prey: An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals.