Food Webs Vocabulary

animals that eat only plants

• food chain
• herbivores
• prey

animals that eat both plants and animals

• predators
• herbivores
• omnivores

organisms that feed on dead plants and animals, as well as animal wastes

• decomposers
• food web
• omnivores

animals that eat other organisms

• predators
• consumers
• food web

animals that are hunted by predators

• producers
• decomposers
• prey

organisms that make their own food

• omnivores
• herbivores
• producers

the transfer of energy through an ecosystem

• food chain
• decomposers
• prey

animals that hunt other animals for food

• omnivores
• predators
• producers

animals that eat only other animals

• prey
• carnivores
• consumers

a group of overlapping food chains

• omnivores
• herbivores
• food web