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Food Chains
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers
Question | Answer |
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Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food | Predator |
Animal that a predator eats | Prey |
Birds that have hooked beaks, and curved claws called talons for catching prey and tearing flesh | Raptors |
Animals that eat only plants | Herbivores |
Animals that eat other animals | Carnivores |
Animals that eat plants and animals | Omnivores |
Break down the bodies of dead plants and animals and help to return the trapped nutrients back into the environment to be reused | Decomposers |
A type of carnivore that mainly feeds on dead animals | Scavenger |
Process by which plants capture energy from the sun | Photosynthesis |
Two or more food chains that connect when a member of one food chain eats a member of another food chain | Food Web |
A pattern of eating and being eaten | Food Chain |