Vocabulary
Food Chains
Vocabulary 2
producer, consumer, or decomposer?
True or false?
100
What is the living and nonliving things that interact in an environment
an ecosystem
100

What is the source of energy in all food chains? 

The sun

100
What are consumers called that eat only plants?
What are herbivores?
100
mushrooms
What is a decomposer
100

Within a community, organisms depend on each other for survival. 

True

200
What is a group of organisms of the same kind living in the same place
a population
200
What is an animal that is hunted for food
prey
200

An organism that makes its food using energy from the sun is called a...?

producer

200
grass
What is a producer
200

During its life cycle, an organism niche, or role in a community may change. 

True

300

What is an overlapping food chain called?

a food web

300
What is a living thing that gets energy by eating other animals for food
consumers
300
What are consumers called that eat both plants and animals?
What are omnivores
300
wolves
What is a consumer
300

Biotic, or living, factors of an ecosystem include sunlight, air, water, nutrients, and soil. 

False

400

An organism role or function in a community is called? 

a niche

400
What is a living thing that breaks down dead things for food
decomposer
400

A place that provides food, water, and shelter for an organism is its...? (Hint: where it lives)

Habitat

400
bacteria
What is a decomposer
400

Plants and animals are abiotic factors of an ecosystem. 

False

500

A group of organisms of different species living in the same place is called...

a community

500
What is an animal that hunts another animal for food
predator
500
What is a consumer that eats only animals?
What is a carnivore?
500
vulture
What is a consumer
500

A tool used to classify organisms based on physical characteristics is called a dichotomous key. 

True! 

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