Food Chain/Web Vocabulary

Tells who eats whom in an ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

• prey

• predator

_______ hunt, catches, and eats other animals in an ecosystem.

• food webs

• prey

• predators

• niches

The role an organism plays in an environment

Many interconnected food chains within an ecosystem

• super food chain

• niche

• food web

• circle of life

_______ are hunted, caught, and eaten by other animals.

A food chain will show how ______ moves through the ecosystem.

• predators

• animals

• energy

• niche

A bear eats fish.

The BEAR is an example of ______.

• a predator

• prey

• a niche

• a food chain

A bear eats fish.

The FISH is an example of ______.

• a food chain

• a predator

• prey

• a niche