Unit 2 Producers, Consumers and Food Webs Picture Vocabulary

Producers, Consumers,

and Food Webs
Picture Vocabulary

Carnivore

An organism that gets energy by eating only other

animals

Consumer

An organism that gets energy from eating plants

or animals

Ecosystem

All living and nonliving things and all their

interactions in an area

Food Web

An interconnected set

of food chains

Herbivore

An organism that gets energy by eating only

plants

Omnivore

An organism that gets energy by eating both

plants and other animals

Photosynthesis

The process where
plants use sunlight,
water, and carbon
dioxide to produce
sugar and release

oxygen

Producer

An organism that uses sunlight to make its own

food for energy