Ecosystems/Food Web Questions and Answers
Predator - ✅✅An organism that eats other organisms to live.
Prey - ✅✅The organism that gets eaten.
Ecosystem - ✅✅The living and non-living parts of the environment in a specific area. (Ecosystems can
be really small or really large!)
Environment - ✅✅Everything, all the living and non-living things that surrounds just an organism.
Producer - ✅✅An organism that makes their own food through photosynthesis
Consumer - ✅✅An organism that must eat, or consume, plants or animals for food.
Decomposer - ✅✅Decomposers break down dead plants and animals. This returns nutrients to the
soil.
Herbivore - ✅✅An organism that only eats plants.
Carnivore - ✅✅An organism that only eats meat (other animals).
Omnivores - ✅✅An organism that eats both plants and animals.
Pollution - ✅✅Release of harmful materials into the environment
Extinction - ✅✅The death of every member of a species
Conservation - ✅✅Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
Predator - ✅✅An organism that eats other organisms to live.
Prey - ✅✅The organism that gets eaten.
Ecosystem - ✅✅The living and non-living parts of the environment in a specific area. (Ecosystems can
be really small or really large!)
Environment - ✅✅Everything, all the living and non-living things that surrounds just an organism.
Producer - ✅✅An organism that makes their own food through photosynthesis
Consumer - ✅✅An organism that must eat, or consume, plants or animals for food.
Decomposer - ✅✅Decomposers break down dead plants and animals. This returns nutrients to the
soil.
Herbivore - ✅✅An organism that only eats plants.
Carnivore - ✅✅An organism that only eats meat (other animals).
Omnivores - ✅✅An organism that eats both plants and animals.
Pollution - ✅✅Release of harmful materials into the environment
Extinction - ✅✅The death of every member of a species
Conservation - ✅✅Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
