Food Chains, Webs, and Pyramids

Front

an organism that eats only meat

Back

carnivore

Front

Which of the following is a herbivore? Options: cricket, frog, hawk, shrew

Back

cricket

Front

an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis

Back

autotroph

Front

an organism that gets energy from eating other things

Back

consumer

Front

an organism that eats both plants and animals

Back

omnivore

Front

the base of a food chain, which produces energy through photosynthesis

Back

producer

Front

a network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

Back

food web

Front

a diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each trophic level

Back

energy pyramid

Front

organisms that break down dead or decaying matter

Back

decomposers

Front

the role of an organism in its environment, including its habitat and interactions

Back

niche