Food Chains Vocabulary

an animal that eats only other animals

• top predator

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

a member of a group of mostly aquatic invertebrates that includes crabs, lobsters, and shrimp

• crustacean

• predator

• decomposer

• parasite

a group of plants & animals that all have a relationship with each other through what they eat

• population

• invasive species

• food chain

• scavenger

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an animal that eats both plants and animals

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• predator

the process by which plants convert energy from the Sun into food

• ecosystem

• competition

• photosynthesis

• food web

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an animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator

• prey

• top predator

• herbivore

• scavenger

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an animal that eats animals that are already dead

• prey

• predator

• scavenger

• omnivore

an organism in a food chain that eats carnivores

• scavenger

• secondary consumer

• primary consumer

• tertiary consumer

an organism in a food chain that eats other organisms, especially live ones

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• carnivore

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a biological community of organisms together with their environment

• food chain

• ecosystem

• family

• food web

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