Unit 05 Vocabulary Test

Any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain.

• Food Web

• Trophic Level

• Producer

An organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain.

• Trophic Level

• Producer

• Consumer

Multiple food chains linked together to show how energy flows in a community.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Trophic Level

Produces its own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

An area with climate and weather that determines the type of plants and animals in its ecosystem.

• Biome

• Desert

• Grassland

A model of how energy flows through a feeding relationship.

• Trophic Level

• Consumer

• Food Chain

Eats both plants, and animals

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

Herbivores

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

Gets hunted and eaten by carnivores.

• Predator

• Prey

An organism that breaks down dead plants or animals and puts them back into the soil.

• Decomposer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer