Food Web Vocabulary

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is a meat-eater, an organism that consumes only other animals.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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What is a consumer?

Back

A consumer is an organism that must eat other organisms to obtain energy.

Front

What is a food web?

Back

A food web is a model used to show multiple paths energy takes as it moves through an ecosystem.

Front

What is a producer?

Back

A producer is an organism that must create its own energy through photosynthesis.

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What do arrows in a food web represent?

Back

Arrows show the transfer of energy.

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What is an herbivore?

Back

An herbivore is an organism that consumes only plants.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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What is a decomposer?

Back

A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

Front

What is the role of the sun in a food web?

Back

The sun provides energy for producers to create their own food through photosynthesis.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with their environment.