Food Chain Vocabulary

All the living and nonliving things in an environment

• food chain

• ecosystem

• habitat

• herbivore

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plant and meat eaters are called

• herbivore

• carnivore

• prey

• omnivore

The path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem is called a

• food chain

• ecosystem

• habitat

• decomposer

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Meat eaters are called

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• prey

An organism that uses the sun's energy to make its own food is a

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• producer

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Plant eaters are called

• prey

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

An organism that eats other organisms

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• food chain

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The home of an animal or plant is called

• food chain

• ecosystem

• habitat

• predator

An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals is a

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

• consumer

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A living thing that is hunted for food

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• prey