Food Chains/Webs Vocabulary

Single flow of energy in an ecosystem.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Producer

• Consumer

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Multiple food chains intertwined with each other. 

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Producer

• Consumer

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Makes its own food also called Autotroph.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Scavenger

• Apex Predator

Has to go find food also called Heterotroph.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Apex Predator

• Scavenger

Eats producers.

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producer

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Eats other plants or animals.

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producer

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Apex (top) predator.

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producer

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Eats only plants.

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Candyvore

Eats both plants and meat.

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Pizzavore

Eats dead organisms.

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Scavenger

• Cookievore