Food Chain & Food Webs

Choose the correct term to match the meaning:
An animal that eats both plants and animals

• omnivore

• herbivore

• predator

• producer

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to grow well or strong

• thrive

• fungus

• food

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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an organism that makes its own food

• omnivore

• herbivore

• producer

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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an organism that breaks down dead or decaying plant and animal material

• producer

• decomposer

• herbivore

• omnivore

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All the interacting members of a species in a single area

• fungus

• competition

• herbivore

• population

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an organism that eats other organisms

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

• the sun

Some organisms struggle, or compete, for the same resources in their environments. For example, both snakes and owls gain energy from eating mice. This is called _______________.

• invasive species

• consumers

• competition

• herbivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Some animals, like squirrels, eat only plants. They are called _______________.

• herbivores

• consumers

• competition

• producers

Species that are introduced into an area where they are not normally found are called a(n)_______________.

• invasive species

• prey

• herbivores

• decomposers

____________________ shows the flow of energy from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer.

• Food path

• invasive species

• food chain

• environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3