Food Chains/Webs Vocabulary

______________ shows the order in which organisms (living things) depend on each other for food.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

__________________ is a group of food chains in an ecosystem that are connected.

A living thing is also called an ______________.

An organism that produces their own food/energy through photosynthesis is called a ________________. Example: plants

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that must eat other organisms to get energy are called ________________. Example: animals and humans

An organism that eats producers is called a ___________________ consumer.

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

An organism that eats primary consumers is called a ________________ consumer.

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

An organism that eats secondary consumers is called a ______________ consumer.

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

An organisms that break down dead plants, animals, and wastes into useful things for soil is called a __________________.

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

A consumer that only eats plants is called a ___________________.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore