Rainforest Food Chains

A feature that helps a living thing survive. The poison that some frogs release from their skin is an example of this that helps them scare off predators.

• basin

• vegetation

• camoflauge

• adaptation

An animal that eats only other animals. Jaguars and ocelots are the main rainforest examples of this.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• ominivore

• gluten-free

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

A living thing that eats only plants. Gorillas are an example of this in the rainforest .

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• lactose-intolerant

An animal that eats both plants and animals. Humans are an example of this.

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• predator

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

An organism that can make its own food, using energy from the Sun. Plants are an example of this.

• director

• carnivore

• producer

• decomposer

What is Primary Consumer?

• A living thing that breaks down dead plant and animal matter.

• an animal that consumes producers (plants)

• animal that feeds on a primary consumer

• an animal that feeds on dead matter

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is a Secondary Consumer

• a predator, or animal that feeds on a primary consumer.

• an animal that consumes producers (plants)

• an animal that feeds on dead matter

• living thing that breaks down dead plant and animal matter.

An animal that feeds on dead matter

• Scavenger

• predator

• decomposer

• producer

A living thing that breaks down dead plant and animal matter. Bacteria are the main example of this in the rainforest

• Decomposer

• Scavenger

• Secondary Consumer

• Habitat

A place where organisms of the same kind live.

• Predator

• habitat

• predatory

• home

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4