Food Chains And Food Webs Flashcards
The sun
The sun is the start of every food chain and food web
Producer
A producer can only be a plant and absorbs sunlight then other animals eat those plants and so on. A producer is usually at the bottom of a food pyramid, because there is the most of them
Consumer
A consumer is an animal that either eats another animal or a producer. They are always animals
Decomposer
When you reach the end of the food chain, food web or food pyramid the decomposers come in. Decomposers break apart the bodies pf the dead animals and return the nutrients back to the soil.
Energy Pyramid
An energy pyramid shows the transfer of energy through an ecosystem. This usually does not include decomposers or scavengers.
Carnivore
Any animal that eats producers and consumers but mostly animals or consumers
Herbivore
An animal that only eats plants
Omnivore
A consumer that eats plants and animals both at regular intervals
Scavenger
An animal that picks off of the remains of an animal that a consumer has already eaten, and the decomposers have not gotten to the dead animal yet
Predator
An animal