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| in a population, the number of individuals an environment can sustain |
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| an organism that eats only autotrophs, a herbivore |
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| an organism that eats primarily consumers |
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| an organism that eats primarily secondary consumers |
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| an organism that makes organic food molecules from CO2, H2O and other inorganic raw materials; a plant, alge, or autotrophic bacterium |
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| an organism that derives its energy from organic wastes and dead organisms; also called a detrivore |
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| the aerobic harvesting of energy from food molecules; the energy-releasing chemical breakdown of food molecules, such as glucose, and the storage of potential energy in a form that cells can use to perform work; involves glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, the electron transport chain, and chemiosmosis |
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