1st 6 Weeks Vocab Review

Food Chain and Food Webs

Producer

Organism that makes its own food from the Sun.Like Plants!

Consumer

An organism that eats. Like an animal!

Decomposer

Breaks down dead organisms and brings nutrients back to the soil.

(earthworms, fungi, bacteria)

Symbol in a food chain or food web that means “gives energy to.”

Food Chain

The path of food energy from one organism to another.

Food Web

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem.

Primary Consumer

An animal that eats the producer in a food chain or food web.

Secondary Consumer

An animal that eats the primary consumer.

Tertiary Consumer

An animal that eats the secondary consumer.

Predator

An organism that hunts and feed on another organism. (the killer, the hunter)

Prey

An organism that is being hunted. (Chased, Victim)