Word

1.
Producer

Definition

Makes its own
food through
sunlight
(plants)

Picture
Word

Definition

2.
Consumer

Eats other
organisms for
food (animals)

Picture
Word

3.
Herbivore

Definition

Consumer that
eats plants only

Picture
Word

Definition

4.
Carnivore

Consumer that
eats other
animals

Picture
Word

Definition

5.
Omnivore

Consumer that
eats plants and
animals

Picture
Word

6.
Scavenger

Definition

Consumers that
eat the bodies
of alreadybeen-killed
animals

Picture
Word

Definition

Breaks down
7.
remains of dead
Decomposer organisms

Picture
Word
8. Food
Chain

Definition
A food chain shows how
each living thing gets its
food
Each link in this chain is food
for the next link. A food chain
always starts with plant life
and ends with an animal.

Picture
Word

9. Food Web

Definition

A graphic that
shows the
organisms that
eat and get
eaten in an
environment

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food
/food_menu.html

Picture
Word

Definition

Picture
Less energy

10. Energy

Pyramid

A graphic that
shows the loss
of energy at
every level in
an environment

More energy
A FOOD WEB WORKS THE SAME
WAY!
• The arrows go from the food to the animal
eating it.
What
does
this
bird
eat?
What
does
this
fox
eat?
What
does
this
bug
eat?
Who
eats
these
bugs?
What
does
the
bunny
eat?
Who
eats
the
butter
-fly?
What
does
the
deer
eat?
More vocabulary
1. Primary Producers – producers in a food
chain/web/pyramid
2. Primary consumers – herbivores – eat
producers
3. Secondary consumers – carnivores – eat
the primary consumers
4. Tertiary consumers – carnivores – eat the
secondary consumers

Food chain and web Power Point 2.03