Key words and the food chain

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What is a producer?
A plant that makes its own food (usually though photosynthesis)
What is a consumer?
A living thing that eats something else
What is a food chain?
A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
What is a carnivore?
An animal that only eats meat
What is a herbivore?
An animal that only eats plants
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats plants and animals
What is a predator?
An animal that naturally preys on others
What is a prey?
An animal hunted and killed by another for food
What is a scavenger?
An animal such as a bird or insect that feeds on dead or decaying matter
What is a parasite?
An organism that lives in or on another organisms and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense
What is a decomposer?
An organisms like soil bacterium, fungus or invertebrate that decomposes organic material
What is the impact to the food chain population is there is a change in one species? Give an example
An increase in foxes will decrease rabbit population as the rabbits are hunted more