Forest Food Webs

5. a large animal that eats grass
6. an animal that eats its own kind
9. an animal that eats only other animals
11. green pigment inside a plant's leaves that traps the energy of sunlight
15. an example of a grazer
16. an animal that hunts other animals
17. herbivores have large back ones for grinding up their food
19. omnivores’ teeth are less ___________ than the teeth of herbivores or carnivores
22. an example of a browser
23. a beak shape for tearing up flesh
24. teeth used to stab prey
25. many food chains woven together (2 words)
26. teeth used to cut into flesh

1. claws used by birds for stabbing an gripping prey
2. a sweet liquid produced by many flowers
3. very small decomposers that release carbon dioxide and minerals
4. used by wild boars to dig in soil and find food
7. a large animal that eats leaves of trees
8. many caterpillars are _____________, so don't touch them
10. the process by which plants use energy from the sun, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugar
11. an adaptation that makes an animal hard to distinguish from its background environment
12. eats both plants and animals
13. animals that eat only plants
14. used to show the energy flow in a food chain or web
18. a decomposer that is neither plant nor animal
20. teeth used for cracking open bones
21. an organism that breaks down dead organism or waste products to obtain energy
27. the shape of a beak used by a woodpecker to strike the wood of a tree
28. a tiny plant and its store of food protected by a tough coat