Ecosystem Roles

A group of organisms and the environment they live in is called

• producer

• consumer

• ecosystem

• predator

An organism that relies on other plants and animals for food is called a

• consumer

• prey

• producer

• decomposer

An animal that only eats plants is a

• food web

• herbivore

• food chain

• carnivore

An animal that eats both plants and other animals

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

An organism that makes it own food is a

• predator

• prey

• producer

• penguin

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A series of organisms in which each member feeds on the one below it is

• fast food

• food web

• fresh food

• food chain

An animal that hunts and kills other animals

• producer

• predator

• herbivore

• consumer

An animal hunted or caught for food by another animal is

• predator

• decomposer

• producer

• prey

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A struggle between two or more organisms for a limited resource

• carnivore

• consumer

• competition

• crab

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An animal that only eats other animals is

• producer

• composer

• prey

• carnivore