Food chain and food web

Organism that makes its own food

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• predator

Organism that eats other things for food

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• prey

Passing of energy, in the form of food, from one organism to another

• food cycle

• food network

• food chain

• food system

Overlapping food chains

• food cycle

• food network

• food system

• food web

Consumer that eats only plants

• omnivore

• insectivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

Consumer that eats only other animals

• omnivore

• frugivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

Consumer that eats both plants and animals

• omnivore

• fungivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water
• Sun
• Consumers
• Oxygen

What does a food chain represent?

• How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
• All of the things that a particular animal eats.
• How plants create their own food.
• A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food.