Food Webs Vocabulary

What is the term for the following definition? An organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun or chemicals (like plants and some bacteria).

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Decomposer

• Parasite

What is the term for the following definition? A consumer that only eats other animals for food.

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Decomposers

What is the term for the following definition? An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms. Examples include humans, lions, and rabbits.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Autotroph

What is the term for the following definition? An organism that breaks down dead organisms and wastes, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem (like mushrooms and bacteria).

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

What is the term for the following definition? A diagram showing how energy decreases from lower to higher trophic levels.

• Energy pyramid

• Food web

• Biomass chain

• Nutrient cycle

What is the term for the following definition? Show the eating patterns in an ecosystem.

• Food chains

• Water cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Evaporation

What is the term for the following definition? A diagram that represents multiple intersecting food chains through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem.

• Food web

• Food chain

• Energy pyramid

• Trophic level

What is the term for the following definition? A consumer that eats only producers such as plants or algae.

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Decomposers

What is the term for the following definition? An organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms (like animals).

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Photosynthesizer

What is the term for the following definition? A consumer that only eats consumers (animals) and producers (plants) for food.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Detritivore