Food Chain Vocabulary

Front

Where does all the energy in the food chain originally come from?

Back

The sun.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

An organism that makes its own food.

Back

Producer.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

An animal that is hunted for food.

Back

Prey.

Front

An animal that eats only plants.

Back

Herbivore.

Front

A living thing that breaks down dead organisms for food.

Back

Decomposer.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What do we call animals that eat other animals?

Back

Carnivores.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What is the term for animals that eat both plants and animals?

Back

Omnivores.

Front

What is the role of a producer in the food chain?

Back

To create energy through photosynthesis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What is the term for the first level of the food chain?

Back

Producers.

Front

What do we call the relationship between a predator and its prey?

Back

Predation.