Food Chains, Food Webs, and More

Front

What is a predator?

Back

An animal that hunts and eats another animal for food and energy.

Front

What is a scavenger?

Back

An organism that feeds on dead plants and animals.

Front

What is a producer?

Back

An organism that creates its own food or energy, usually through photosynthesis.

Front

What is an omnivore?

Back

An organism that regularly consumes a variety of materials, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi.

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

The order in which organisms depend on each other for food.

Front

What is a food web?

Back

A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

Front

What is a consumer?

Back

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

Front

What is a decomposer?

Back

An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Front

What is an herbivore?

Back

An organism that primarily eats plants.

Front

What is a carnivore?

Back

An organism that primarily eats other animals.