Food Webs
Food (matter)
Vocabulary Words
100

All living things depend on this to start a food web.

The sun

100
Plants get their energy from this.

The sun

100

A community or group of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Ecosystem

200

Animals that only eat meat.

Carnivore

200

This organism makes its own food.

Producer

200

The state of balance in a natural ecosystem due to the effects of the living and nonliving parts of the environment on each other.

Natural balance

300

Animals that only eat plants.

Herbivore

300

This organism gets its food from other organisms.

Consumer

300

A animal that feeds on the remains of other animals or eats decomposing plant or animal matter.

Scavenger

400

Animals that eat meat and plants.

Omnivore

400

What do plants need to survive?

Water

400

Predator

A wild animal that hunts or preys on other animals for food.

500

Define a food web.

A group of food chains in an ecosystem.

500

This organism breaks down waste from producers and consumers to bring it back to the environment.

Decomposer

500

An animal hunted or killed by another animal for food.

Prey