Food Webs
Biomes
Vocabulary
Name that word!
WildCard
100

Every food web or food chain starts with this organism. 

PRODUCER 

100

This biome has the least rainfall

DESERT 

100

Another term for PRODUCER 

AUTOTROPH

100

Eats only meat

CARNIVORE

100
This type of diagram shows a SINGLE set feeding relationships in an ecosystem 

FOOD CHAIN

200

Producers get their energy from this source. 

SUN / SUNLIGHT 

200

This biome has the most biodiversity. 

TROPICAL RAINFOREST
200

Another term for CONSUMER 

HETEROTROPH

200

Eats only plants. 

HERBIVORE or primary consumer

200

This diagram shows ALL the feeding relationships in an ecosystem 

FOOD WEB

300
Every food web must have this organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns the nutrients to the soil.

DECOMPOSERS 

300

This biome has permanently frozen ground and no trees 

TUNDRA 

300

All the deer living in a forest is an example of what. 

POPULATION

300

Nonliving 

ABIOTIC

300

Star fish are an example of this - where it's removal from an ecosystem affects the entire food web

KEYSTONE SPECIES

400
Another term for a PRIMARY CONSUMER is this. 

HERBIVORE 

400

This is the biome where we live. 

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST 

400

All the living and nonliving things in an area. 

ECOSYSTEM 

400

Living

BIOTIC

400

This biome contains mostly animals that come out at night 

DESERT

500

Another term for a TERTIARY CONSUMER is this. 

CARNIVORE 

500

This biome contains mostly coniferous (pine) trees. 

TAIGA

500

All the living things in an area. 

COMMUNITY

500

Does Photosynthesis 

PRODUCER or AUTOTROPH

500

This keystone species was returned to Yellowstone and the entire ecosystem recovered. 

WOLF

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