Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

A living thing's home (plant or animal)

• food web

• habitatt

• herbivore

• ecosystem

All the living and nonliving things in an environment make up the ______.

• food chain

• habitat

• ecosystem

• herbivore

The source of energy for food chains and food webs start with producers, who get their energy from the _______.

• Earth

• Soil

• Ground

• Sun

Animals that only eat plants for food are called _______.

• omnivores

• herbivores

• consumers

• carnivores

plants are called ___________ in a food chain because they make their own food.

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• producer

Animals that eat both plants and other animals for food

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• eater

An animal that gets eaten by another animal for food.

• prey

• predator

• producer

• decomposer

Another word for animals because they have to find and consume food.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

• consumer

Animals that only eat meat (other animals) for food are called ______.

• consumers

• carnivores

• omnviores

• herbivores

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food is a ______.

• prey

• predator

• producer

• food chain