Food Chain Vocab

2. - an organism that consumes dead or decayed nonliving biomass without
3. Chain - A path of energy transfer from one organism to another. (Simple and direct,
5. - The process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to
6. - organisms that are active primarily during the night and rest during the day
9. - The role an organism plays in the ecosystem.
11. Web - An interconnected set of food chains. (Intricate and interconnected.)
12. with four or fewer steps)
16. to another.
17. - All of the living and nonliving things in an area and the interactions among
20. - Living parts of an ecosystem.
21. Consumer - carnivores that eat herbivores
23. - an organism that makes it’s own food.

1. for internal digestion.
4. - Consumers that eat both plants and animals.
7. - To grow well or strong.
8. Transfer - The transfer of energy from one object or material to another or one
10. - an organism that gets energy from eating another organism.
13. - non-living parts of an ecosystem.
14. - Consumers that only eat plants.
15. Consumer - herbivores that eat plants
18. their own food.
19. - Consumers that only eat animals.
22. Consumer - carnivores that eat carnivores