Unit B: Chapter 2 Unit B: Chapter 2 VocabularyVocabulary

Living Things Depend on One Living Things Depend on One AnotherAnother

What does What does interactinteract mean? mean?

Plants and animals Plants and animals work togetherwork together or or interactinteract..

What is a What is a producerproducer??

A A producer producer is a living thing that makes its is a living thing that makes its own food.own food.

What is a What is a consumerconsumer??

A A consumerconsumer is a living thing that eats is a living thing that eats other things as food.other things as food.

What is a What is a herbivoreherbivore??

A A herbivoreherbivore eats only plants. eats only plants.

What is a What is a carnivorecarnivore??

A A carnivorecarnivore eats other animals. Often eats other animals. Often they must hunt and kill their food.they must hunt and kill their food.

What is an What is an omnivoreomnivore??

A A omnivoreomnivore eats both plants and other eats both plants and other animals.animals.

What is a What is a decomposerdecomposer??

A A decomposerdecomposer is a living thing that breaks is a living thing that breaks down dead things for food.down dead things for food.

What is a What is a food chainfood chain??

A A food chainfood chain is the path of food and is the path of food and energy from one living thing to another.energy from one living thing to another.

What is an What is an Energy PyramidEnergy Pyramid?? An An energy pyramidenergy pyramid shows that the shows that the

amount of useable energy in an amount of useable energy in an ecosystem is less for each higher animal ecosystem is less for each higher animal in the food chain.in the food chain.

What is a What is a Food WebFood Web?? A A food webfood web is a model that shows how food is a model that shows how food

chains overlap and link together. A food web chains overlap and link together. A food web contains producers and consumers that are contains producers and consumers that are used as food by more than one living thing.used as food by more than one living thing.

What is a What is a predatorpredator?? A A predatorpredator is an animal that hunts another is an animal that hunts another

animal for food.animal for food.

What is prey?What is prey? PreyPrey is the animal that is hunted for food. is the animal that is hunted for food.