| Term | Definition |
| Food Chain | Were animals eat one another from the top predator to the producers. |
| Ecosystem | Were animals an plants live and interact. |
| Riparian | An ecosystem near or in water. |
| Producer | A plant that makes its own food for themselves. |
| Consumer | An animal that eats the producers. |
| Herbivore | Eats only plants. |
| Carnivore | Eats only meat. |
| Prey | The animals that get eaten. |
| Predators | The animal that eats the prey. |
| Trophic level | Each level of the food chain. |
| Omnivore | Eats both plants and other animals. |
| Food Web | Combo. of all food chains together. |
| Decomposers | Eat the dead animals or plants. |
| Biomass | The combined weight of one species. |
| Biomagnification | When on effect goes up the food chain and gets more concentrated. |