Food Cycle Flashcards
What is the predator?
The animal that hunts other animals for food
What is the prey?
Prey are the animals being hunted
What is a herbivore?
Something that eats plants
What is a carnivore?
Something that eats meat
What is an omnivore?
Something that eats both plants and meat
What is a producer?
An organism that produces it’s own energy. They are NOT an animal, and they are always plants
What is a consumer?
The organism that eats the producer
What is a decomposer?
They are organisms that break food down into substances and feed them to plants so that the plants grow.
e.g Bacteria, mushrooms, mould, worms
What is a decomposer?
They are organisms that break food down into substances and feed them to plants so that the plants grow.
e.g Bacteria, mushrooms, mould, worms
What is a scavenger?
The organism that eats the kill of other animals.
e.g Vultures, hyenas, certain ants, beetles
What is a community?
Organisms working together
