Food Web, Traits Vocabulary

What is carbon dioxide?

• A gas that is produced by the sun

• A gas produced by animals during respiration that plants use during photosynthesis

• A gas that animals need to breathe

• A gas that is necessary for the process of hibernation

What is photosynthesis?

• The process that plants use to release carbon dioxide

• The process by which animals use oxygen

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

• The process that moves carbon into an animal's system

What is prey?

• An animal that hunts another animal

• An animal that eats carnivores

• An animal that is a producer

• An animal that is hunted as food

What is a habitat?

• The place or environment in which an organism naturally lives

• The place a plant grown

• The place or environment in which an animal hunts for producers

• A shelter for humans

What is niche?

• A hole in the ground

• The role or job an organism plays in the environment

• The seasonal movement of animals to another place

• A characteristic of carnivores

What is a producer?

• Something that is sold in the market

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

• An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

What is a consumer?

• An animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

• An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

• An animal that eats aquatic plants

What is a carnivore?

• An animal that gets energy by eating only other animals

• An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food

• An animal that gets energy by eating plant and animals

• Characteristic that blends in the surrounding environment

What is an herbivore?

• An organism that eats only other animals

• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

• An animal that eats both plants and animals

• An animal that makes its own food

What is an omnivore?

• An animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

• An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

• An organism that makes food through photosynthesis

• An animals that eats only other animals