Food Chains Flashcards
1
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Herbivores
A
A plant-eating animal
2
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Carnivores
A
A meat-eating animal
3
Q
Predators
A
An animal that hunts other animals for food
4
Q
Prey
A
An animal that is hunted or killed for food
5
Q
Scavengers
A
An animal that feeds on dead plants or animal material
6
Q
Consumers
A
An organism that obtains food by eating other organisms
7
Q
Producers
A
An organism that can make its own food like a plant
8
Q
Biomass
A
The mass of living materials in an area
9
Q
Top predators
A
The animal at the top of the food chain, that is not eaten by another animal
10
Q
Decomposers
A
An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals and their waste products
11
Q
Food web
A
Diagrams that show the connections between different food chains
