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Food Chain/Food Web Vocabulary #1
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What is the term for a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food?
Herbivore
Food Web
Food Cycle
Food Chain
Which term describes a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains?
Producer
Food Chain
Food Web
Decomposer
In a food chain, what's the term for organisms that make their own food from sunlight or chemical energy?
Consumers
Decomposers
Predators
Producers
What term is used for organisms in a food chain that feed on dead matter and waste products?
Predators
Consumers
Decomposers
Producers
What is a herbivore in a food chain?
An animal that only eats plants
An animal that eats other animals
An organism that makes its own food
The organism at the top of the food chain
What does a predator do in a food chain?
Eats other animals
Eats plants
Is eaten by other animals
Makes its own food
What is the role of a decomposer in a food chain?
They break down dead organisms
They eat plants and animals
They are at the top of the food chain
They produce their own food
What is the purpose of a food chain in the ecosystem?
Lists all organisms in a habitat
Shows the reproduction rate among species
Shows the transfer of energy among organisms
Indicates the physical movement of animals
Which organism is usually at the top of a food chain?
Apex predator
Decomposer
Herbivore
Producer
How does a food web differ from a food chain?
A food web doesn't involve producers
A food web is restricted to marine ecosystems
A food web shows multiple intersecting food chains
A food web shows one linear sequence of consumption
What is a predator in terms of a food chain?
An animal that decomposes dead material
An animal that is hunted by other animals
An organism that makes its own food
An animal that hunts and eats other animals
In a food web, what is a herbivore?
An animal that eats both plants and meat
A plant that eats insects
An animal that eats only meat
An animal that eats only plants