Food Chains and Food Webs - 4th Grade

Food Chains a nd Food

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Producer
A name given to GREEN PLANTS because they can MAKE their own FOOD.
Consumer
A name given to ANIMALS because they must EAT food to get ENERGY.
Herbivore
A PLANT EATER. An animal that only EATS PLANTS.
Carnivore
A MEAT EATER. An animal that only eats OTHER ANIMALS.
Omnivore
An animal that eats BOTH plants and animals.
Food Chain
The PATH by which ENERGY passes from one living thing to another.
Community
All the PLANTS and ANIMALS that live in an AREA.
Food Web
Something that shows how all the animals in a community GET ENERGY.
Predator
An animal that HUNTS other ANIMALS.
Prey
An animal that a PREDATOR hunts.
Decomposer
ORGANISMS that cause DECAY in DEAD organisms.
Examples of a Herbivore?
Snow Goose, Deer, Horses
Examples of Carnivores?
Lions, Wolves, Garter Snake
Examples of Omnivores?
Bears, Raccoons, Giant Panda
PLANTS are _______?
Producers