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Food Chain
Vocabulary
Food Chain
Food Web
Food Pyramid
Producer
Consumer
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
Decomposer
Describes who eats who in an ecosystem to obtain
nutrients and energy in order to live
The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Shows the different levels of organisms and their
place in the ecosystem.
An organism that makes its own food through
photosynthesis.
An organism that obtains its energy by feeding on
another organism.
Animals that eat only plants.
Animals or people who eat both animals and plants.
A consumer that eats only other consumers.
Bacteria, fungi, and worms that feed on decaying
matter such as dead plants and animals
© Copyright 2016, The Discovery Apple
Name: ____________________________
Food Chain
Vocab MatchFood Chain
Food Web
Food Pyramid
Producer
Consumer
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
Decomposer
The many overlapping food
chains in an ecosystem.
Animals that eat only plants.
An organism that makes its own
food through photosynthesis.
Bacteria, fungi, and worms that
feed on decaying matter such as
dead plants and animals
Describes who eats who in an
ecosystem to obtain nutrients and
energy in order to live
An organism that obtains its
energy by feeding on another
organism.
A consumer that eats only other
consumers.
Shows the different levels of
organisms and their place in the
ecosystem.
Animals or people who eat both
animals and plants.
© Copyright 2016, The Discovery Apple
Name: ____________________________
Food Chain
Vocab MatchFood Chain
Food Web
Food Pyramid
Producer
Consumer
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
Decomposer
The many overlapping food
chains in an ecosystem.
Animals that eat only plants.
An organism that makes its own
food through photosynthesis.
Bacteria, fungi, and worms that
feed on decaying matter such as
dead plants and animals
Describes who eats who in an
ecosystem to obtain nutrients and
energy in order to live
An organism that obtains its
energy by feeding on another
organism.
A consumer that eats only other
consumers.
Shows the different levels of
organisms and their place in the
ecosystem.
Animals or people who eat both
animals and plants.
Answer Key
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Food Web
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1. Draw a circle around the producers.
Draw a square around the organisms that feed directly on producers.
Draw a star around the top consumers.
Draw a triangle around the rest of the consumers.
2. What would happen to the food web if the producers did not exist?
3. Write two sets of food chains from the food web above.
Example: phytoplankton krill blue whale
Set 1:
Set 2:
4. How many food chains can you find in the food web above?
1. Draw a circle around the producers.
Draw a square around the organisms that feed directly on producers.
Draw a star around the top consumers.
Draw a triangle around the rest of the consumers.
2. What would happen to the food web if the producers did not exist?
3. Write two sets of food chains from the food web above.
Example: phytoplankton krill blue whale
Set 1:
Set 2:
4. How many food chains can you find in the food web above?
Food Web
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