Post on 15-Jan-2016
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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)