Science Definitions

Food chain

a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

Herbivore

organism that only eats plants. it is an essential part of a food chain and acts as a primary consumer

Carnivore

organism that only eats meat. these are usually the secondary and tertiary consumers in a food chain

Omnivore

Organism that eats both plants and meat

Producer

It is usually the start of the food chain, being able to make its own food using sunlight, water and air

Consumer

organism that has to hunt, search and gather its own food

decomposer

organism that can break down dead plants and animals to create energy for a producer to restart the cycle

environment

all the things in the surrounding that affects an organism

habitat

a place or area where an organism lives

ecology

the study of relationships between living organisms and their physical environment

ecosystem

an area where living and non-living things interact with each other and their environment

community

A group of different organisms living together

population

group of similar organisms living together

species

group of similar organisms that can mate/interbreed

Predator

hunts prey as a source of food

Prey

gets hunted by their predator in the food chain as a source of food