Food Chain Vocabulary

A living thing that makes its own food.

• carnivore

• producer

• decomposer

The path of food from one living thing to another.

• food chain

• predator

• consumer

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A living thing that eats other living things.

• prey

• producer

• carnivore

An animal that is hunted for food.

• prey

• decomposer

• predator

A living thing that breaks down dead organisms for food.

• food chain

• decomposer

• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The process that plants use to make food.

• ecosystem

• food chain

• photosynthesis

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

An animal that hunts other animals for food.

• predators

• food chain

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An animal that eats only plants.

• decomposer

• prey

• herbivore

An animal that eats only other animals.

• carnivore

• prey

• producer