What's the difference between PREDATORS and PREY? Which is which in this picture?
Predators hunt, kill, and eat prey.
What's the difference between CARNIVORES and HERBIVORES? Name one of each.
Carnivores eat meat, herbivores eat plants.
What are OMNIVORES? Name one.
Omnivores eat both meat and plants.
What are PRODUCERS? Name one.
Producers are organisms like plants that produce their own food.
What are DECOMPOSERS? Name one.
Decomposers break down dead organic matter.
What are CONSUMERS?(Bonus: What are the three levels?)
Consumers consume (eat) other organisms to survive. There are primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers,
What's the difference between food CHAINS and food WEBS?
A food chain shows who eats who. A food web shows how all the food chains in an ecosystem interact.
What are APEX PREDATORS? Name one.
Apex predators are at the very top of food webs. Nobody hunts them.
Name the two animals. Use a new word to describe each.
Lion: [apex] predator, hunter, carnivore, [tertiary] consumer. Zebra: prey, hunted, herbivore, [primary] consumer.
What does it mean to HUNT?
It means to find, catch, kill, and eat other animals.
