Food Chains and Webs Niche - The role of an organism in an ecosystem. EX. Food chain - The flow of energy in an ecosystem. EX. Food Web - Many food chains connected together. Trophic Levels – level in a food chain based on a feeding niche Producer - An organism that makes its own food (autotroph – selffeeder) EX. Consumer - An organism that eats producers or other consumers for food. (heterotroph – other feeder) EX. Types of Consumers Herbivores – feeds on producers EX. Carnivore – feeds on consumers (two kinds) 1. Predator- hunts and kills its food (the prey) EX. 537 × 358 - inhabitat.com 2. Scavenger – feeds on dead animal EX. commons.wikimedia.org Omnivore – Feeds on plants and animals EX. Decomposer – Feeds (breaks down) dead plants and animals and other organic products Parasite - Lives off of another organism (its host) Ex.