Food Web/Food Chain Vocabulary!

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Plants make their own food and are called____________.

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producers

Front

Plants use this process to make food from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.

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photosynthesis

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An animal that only eats plants is called a _________________

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herbivore

Front

In a food chain, herbivores are _____________________, because they only eat producers, which are plants.

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primary consumers

Front

In a food chain, a predator that eats other animals is called a ______________________.

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secondary consumer

Front

Eagles are predators that only eat other animals, so they are ___________________. Options: decomposers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores

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carnivores

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Most humans eat plants and meat, so they are ________________.

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omnivores

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What term describes the order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food? This usually starts with a plant in an ecosystem.

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food chain

Front

An earthworm that breaks down dead organisms to get energy is called a _________________ (Options: crawler, secondary consumer, producer, decomposer).

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decomposer

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When many food chains are connected in an ecosystem, this is an example of a __________________.

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food web