Ecology Vocabulary

Front

What do you call a consumer that eats both plants and other animals?

Back

Omnivore

Front

What is a living thing that must eat other living things?

Back

Consumer

Front

What do you call an animal that is hunted by another animal?

Back

Prey

Front

What is a living thing, such as a plant, animal, or bacteria?

Back

Organism

Front

What is needed to do work?

Back

Energy

Front

What do you call a living thing that makes its own food?

Back

Producer

Front

What is the term for the process of breaking down dead organisms?

Back

Decomposition

Front

What do you call an animal that hunts other animals for food?

Back

Predator

Front

What is the term for a group of living things interacting with each other and their environment?

Back

Ecosystem

Front

What do you call the flow of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem?

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Food Chain