Food Chains and Food Webs - 4th grade

Front

What is a consumer that eats only plants called?

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Herbivore

Front

What is a consumer that eats both plants and animals called?

Back

Omnivore

Front

What is a consumer that eats only meat called?

Back

Carnivore

Front

What is the term for a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food?

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Food Chain

Front

What is the term for a complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem?

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Food Web

Front

What do we call the living parts of an ecosystem?

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Biotic Factors

Front

What do we call the non-living parts of an ecosystem?

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Abiotic Factors

Front

In a food chain, what do plants represent?

Back

Producers

Front

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

Back

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

Front

What is an example of a primary consumer?

Back

A rabbit, which eats grass.