Vocabulary
food chain
an animal that eats both plants and animals
Roots
stem
leaves
what does a food chain begin with?
producer
When living things are trying to use the same resource they are ________
competing
a living thing that eats other living things
consumer
a way of showing how food chains in any place are linked together
food web
what do plants make during photosynthesis?
oxygen and glucose (sugar)
Where does a producer get their energy?
There is _______ energy higher on the energy pyramid.
the way plants use sunlight to make food
photosynthesis
to try to get the same thing that others need or want
compete
Plants look green because they have ________
Chlorophyll
Herbivores eat:
examples: rabbits, deer, cows
the smallest type of decomposer
bacteria
a plantlike living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals
fungus
a kind of microorganism larger than bacteria
protist
Where does sugar get made?
leaves
omnivores eat:
BOTH plants and animals
examples are
humans, bears, and raccoons
Top predators need to eat ___________ food because there is less energy at the top of the food chain.
More
any of the smallest kind of microorganism
bacteria
an animal that eats mostly plants
herbivore
what is a living thing that hunts animals is a
predator
microorganisms larger than bacteria
protist