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Web of Life

Food chains and food webs science vocabulary

TermDefinition
food chain A sequence of living things in which each one feeds on the living thing below it.
food web A food web is a model made of intersecting food chains.
photosynthesis A process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from carbon dioxide and water.
producer A living thing (almost always a plant) that takes energy from the sun and make its own food. They are found in the first level of a food web.
consumer Living creatures that eat organisms from a different population.
apex predator An animal found at the top of a food web and is not eaten by any other animals. Examples include sharks, owls and lions.
decomposer Living things that break down dead and decaying organisms. The most common examples are bacteria and fungi.
bacteria Tiny microscopic living things that are everywhere around us and break down dead and decaying matter. We can only see them with a very powerful microscope.
fungi Living things like a mushroom, mold, or yeast, that helps break down dead and decaying matter.
extinction A living thing that is no longer found alive anywhere on Earth today.
compost A substance that is usually made by gathering plant material such as leaves and vegetable peels into a pile and letting it decompose over many months thanks to bacteria and fungi. It can be used as fertilizer for plants.
herbivores plant-eating animals
carnivores animals that eat other animals (meat)
omnivores animals that eat both meat and plants
overhunting when a species or animals is hunted too much, it makes an ecosystem out of balance
great horned owl an example of an apex predator
earthworms an example of a decomposer
mushrooms an example of a fungus
zebras an example of a herbivore
lions an example of a carnivore
nutrients healthy building blocks in food that living things need
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