Ecosystems Vocabulario Review

An organism eaten by a predator so that the predator can obtain energy.

• consumer

• producer

• prey

• decomposer

A community of several food chains that are interconnected.

• food web

• population

• community

• niche

A plant is an example because it can make its own food.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• habitat

Which is an animal that eats only plants?

• vegetarian

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

What are animals called that only eat other animals?

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• meatatarian

Polar bears cannot survive in the desert because it is not their natural _______

• habitat

• population

• niche

• community

How are fungi known because they break down waste?

• abiotic

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Everyone has their own _______ because they have a role to play.

• niche

• prey

• habitat

• population

An animal that hunts another for food is known as a _________

• decomposer

• producer

• prey

• predator

What gets its energy by eating another organism?

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer