Ecosystem Vocabulary presentation. Vocabulary words will include: predator, prey, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, food web, food chain, etc.

3.  Carnivore is a living thing that eats meat.
 Are you a carnivore?
 Can people be carnivores too?
 Is an organism that derives its energy and
nutrient requirements from a diet consisting
mainly or exclusively of animal tissue,
whether through predation or scavenging.

5.  Herbivores eat only plants
Plants and foliage (leaves from trees).

7. Omnivores eat both meat and plants. Many
times this includes berries from trees, or
fruit.

9.  An organism that lives in or on another
organism (its host) and benefits by deriving
nutrients at the host's expense.

11. A parasitic relationship is one in which one
organism, the parasite, lives off of another
organism, the host, harming it and possibly
causing death. The parasite lives on or in the
body of the host.
Usually, although parasites harm their hosts, it
is in the parasite's best interest not to kill
the host, because it relies on the host's body
and body functions, such as digestion or
blood circulation, to live.

13.  The predator is the animal doing the
hunting.
 They prey is the animal being hunted (the
one “praying” not to be eaten.