Detritivores: are Heterotrophs that obtain organic nutrients from detritus by internal

digestion

Ecosystem: a community and its abiotic environment

Ecology: study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment

Autotrophs: an organism that synthesis its organic molecules from simple inorganic
substances

Heterotrophs: an organism that obtains its

Saprophs: an organism that lives on, or in, dead organic matter, secreting digestive
enzymes into it and absorbing the products of digestion

Food chain: describes the feeding relationship