Food Web Vocabulary

Food Chain

• 1. The sequence of who eats whom in a biological community

• 1. The network of inter-related food chains in a biological community

• An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating

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Food Web

• An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating

• 1. The network of inter-related food chains in a biological community

• 1. The sequence of who eats whom in a biological community

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Producer

• 1. An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating 

• 1. An organism that eats plants

• An organism that eats meat

• An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

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Consumer

• 1. An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating 

• 1. An organism that eats plants

• An organism that eats meat

• An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

Carnivore

• 1. An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating 

• 1. An organism that eats plants

• An organism that eats meat

• An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

Herbivore

• 1. An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating 

• 1. An organism that eats plants

• An organism that eats meat

• An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

Primary consumer

• 1. A meat eater that eats primary consumers

• 1. An organism that eats producers

• 1. A meat eater that eats secondary consumers 

• 1. An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating 

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Secondary consumer

• 1. A meat eater that eats primary consumers

• 1. An organism that eats producers

• 1. A meat eater that eats secondary consumers 

• 1. An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating 

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Tertiary consumer

• 1. A meat eater that eats primary consumers

• 1. An organism that eats producers

• 1. A meat eater that eats secondary consumers 

• 1. An organisms that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating 

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