food chains and food webs

Question 1

food chain

Answer 1

a series of organisms that each depend on the last for a source of food

Question 2

food web

Answer 2

a diagram of the interconnections between multiple food chains

Question 2

herbivore

Answer 2

an animal that feeds on plants

Question 2

omnivore

Answer 2

an animal that eats both plants and meat

Question 2

carnivore

Answer 2

an animal that feeds on other animals

Question 2

producer

Answer 2

organisms that make their own food

Question 3

trophic level

Answer 3

the position of an organism in the food chain

Question 4

consumer

Answer 4

an organism that cannot make its own food and has to eat other plants/ animals for energy

Question 5

primary consumer

Answer 5

animals that eat plants

Question 5

decomposer

Answer 5

an organism that eats decaying material for energy

Question 6

secondary consumer

Answer 6

animals that eat primary consumers

Question 7

tertiary consumer

Answer 7

animals that eat the secondary consumers

Question 8

quaternary consumer

Answer 8

an animal at the very top of the food chain