Food Chain

Vocabulary
Describes who eats who in an ecosystem to obtain
Food Chain nutrients and energy in order to live

Food Web The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

Shows the different levels of organisms and their

Food Pyramid place in the ecosystem.

An organism that makes its own food through

Producer photosynthesis.

An organism that obtains its energy by feeding on

Consumer another organism.

Herbivore Animals that eat only plants.

Omnivore Animals or people who eat both animals and plants.

Carnivore A consumer that eats only other consumers.

Bacteria, fungi, and worms that feed on decaying

Decomposer
matter such as dead plants and animals

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Name: ____________________________

Food Chain
Vocab Match
Food Chain The many overlapping food
chains in an ecosystem.

Food Web Animals that eat only plants.

An organism that makes its own
Food Pyramid food through photosynthesis.

Bacteria, fungi, and worms that

Producer feed on decaying matter such as
dead plants and animals
Consumer Describes who eats who in an
ecosystem to obtain nutrients and
energy in order to live
Herbivore
An organism that obtains its
energy by feeding on another
Omnivore organism.
A consumer that eats only other
Carnivore consumers.

Shows the different levels of

Decomposer organisms and their place in the
ecosystem.

Animals or people who eat both

animals and plants.

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Name: ____________________________

Food Chain
Answer Key

Vocab Match
Food Chain The many overlapping food
chains in an ecosystem.

Food Web Animals that eat only plants.

An organism that makes its own
Food Pyramid food through photosynthesis.

Bacteria, fungi, and worms that

Producer feed on decaying matter such as
dead plants and animals
Consumer Describes who eats who in an
ecosystem to obtain nutrients and
energy in order to live
Herbivore
An organism that obtains its
energy by feeding on another
Omnivore organism.
A consumer that eats only other
Carnivore consumers.

Shows the different levels of

Decomposer organisms and their place in the
ecosystem.

Animals or people who eat both

animals and plants.

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 Food Web

1. Draw a circle around the producers.

Draw a square around the organisms that feed directly on producers.
Draw a star around the top consumers.
Draw a triangle around the rest of the consumers.

2. What would happen to the food web if the producers did not exist?

3. Write two sets of food chains from the food web above.
Example: phytoplankton krill blue whale
Set 1:

Set 2:

4. How many food chains can you find in the food web above?
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 Food Web

1. Draw a circle around the producers.

Draw a square around the organisms that feed directly on producers.
Draw a star around the top consumers.
Draw a triangle around the rest of the consumers.

2. What would happen to the food web if the producers did not exist?

3. Write two sets of food chains from the food web above.
Example: phytoplankton krill blue whale
Set 1:

Set 2:

4. How many food chains can you find in the food web above?
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