Science · Ecosystems

Food Chain and Food Web Vocabulary

Producers, consumers, decomposers and energy words for word games and review.

  • 🎓 Grades 4–5
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  1. producer

    Living thing that makes its own food from sunlight

  2. consumer

    Living thing that eats other living things

  3. decomposer

    Breaks down dead plants and animals

  4. herbivore

    Animal that eats only plants

  5. carnivore

    Animal that eats only other animals

  6. omnivore

    Animal that eats both plants and animals

  7. predator

    Animal that hunts other animals

  8. prey

    Animal that is hunted for food

  9. food chain

    Path of energy from one living thing to the next

  10. food web

    Many food chains linked together

  11. scavenger

    Animal that eats dead animals it finds

  12. energy

    What living things need to move and grow

  13. nutrients

    Materials in food and soil that help things grow

  14. ecosystem

    Living and nonliving things in an area together

  15. fungi

    Group that includes mushrooms and molds

  16. bacteria

    Tiny living things too small to see

  17. sunlight

    Energy source for producers

  18. apex predator

    Hunter at the top of a food chain

  19. primary consumer

    First consumer in a chain; eats producers

  20. photosynthesis

    How plants make sugar using sunlight

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