Living Things and Ecosystems Vocab

An Animal that hunts and eats other animals

• prey

• organism

• predator

• omnivore

The HOME of an animal or plant

• habitat

• ecosystem

• personal space

• outside

An animal that eats plants AND meat

• carinivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

A diagram showing the interaction of several food chains

• Food Web

• Food Chain

An animal hunted by a predator

• consumer

• prey

• predator

• producer

All living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things that live in a certain location

• energy pyramid

• environment

• organisms

• ecosystem

A chain showing the flow of energy between different plants and animals in an ecosystem

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Web

• Food Chain

Plant Eaters

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Meat Eaters

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

A living thing that makes its own food

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• herbivore