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Food Chains
Schrift - 5-1 Food Chains
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| food chain | The movement of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem |
| energy pyramid | Shows how much energy is available to organisms at each level of a food web |
| food web | How all of the food chains in an ecosystem are connected |
| Carnivore | An animal that eats only other animals |
| Community | All the populations of species living in an area |
| Consumer | An animal that eats plants or other animals as food |
| Ecosystem | A community with the living and nonliving parts of its environment |
| Herbivore | An animal that eats only plants for food |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats plant and other animals for food |
| Predator | An organism that hunts and catches other organisms for food |
| Prey | An organism that is hunted by other organisms for food |
| Decomposer | A consumer that breaks down the remains of dead organisms |
| Predator | An organism that hunts and catches other organisms for food food chain |
| Prey | An organism that is hunted by other organisms for food energy pyramid |
| Decomposer | A consumer that breaks down the remains of dead organisms food web |