All living things depend on this to start a food web.
The sun
The sun
A community or group of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Ecosystem
Animals that only eat meat.
Carnivore
This organism makes its own food.
Producer
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
Animals that only eat plants.
Herbivore
This organism gets its food from other organisms.
Consumer
A animal that feeds on the remains of other animals or eats decomposing plant or animal matter.
Scavenger
Animals that eat meat and plants.
Omnivore
What do plants need to survive?
Water
Predator
A wild animal that hunts or preys on other animals for food.
Define a food web.
A group of food chains in an ecosystem.
This organism breaks down waste from producers and consumers to bring it back to the environment.
Decomposer
An animal hunted or killed by another animal for food.
Prey