Ecosystems Vocab quiz #2

An animal that is hunted, killed, and eaten by a predator animal.

• predator

• prey

• carnivore

An animal that eats other animals as food.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

An animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals.

• prey

• predator

• herbivore

An animal that eats only plants as food.

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals as food.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

Made from plant or animal material 

• roadkill

• taxidermy

• organic matter

Process where plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen

• photograph

• photosynthesis

• phytoplankton

Breaks down organic matter to fuel their life processes and recycle nutrients back to the soil for producers to carry out their life processes. 

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

An organism in a community that eats other living things to get energy.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

Convert energy from the sun into organic matter through the

process of photosynthesis, make their own food. 

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers