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Energy Transfer Ch 6
Gr 4 Ch 6 Energy Transfer in Ecosystem
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Producer | A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food. |
| Consumer | A living thing that can't make its own food and must eat other living things. |
| Herbivore | An animal that eats only plants, or producers. |
| Carnivore | An animal that eats only other animals. |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and other animals. |
| Decomposer | A living thing that feeds on the wastes of plants and animals. |
| Habitat | An environment that meets the needs of an organism. |
| Niche | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
| Food Chain | The movement of food energy in a sequence of living things. |
| Prey | Consumers that are eaten by predators. |
| Predator | A consumer that eats prey. |
| Food Web | A group of food chains that overlap. |
| Energy Pyramid | A diagram showing how much energy is passed from one organism to the next in a food chain. |