Chapter 5 Study Guide
A consumer is an animal that eats other living things.
Decomposers are living things that feed on the wastes of animals or on their dead bodies.
Predators eat prey and are on the top of food chains.
A niche is an animal’s role in its habitat, such as the type of food it eats.
Omnivores are animals that eat both producers and consumers.
Producers make their own food, and are eaten by both omnivores and herbivores.
A food web shows multiple overlapping food chains.
An energy pyramid shows the loss of energy in a food chain.
A herbivore eats only plants, and a carnivore eats only meat.
A habitat is an environment that meets the needs of an organism.
A food chain is movement of energy among organisms.
Be able to compare the diets of herbivores and carnivores.
Be able to label the producer, first-level consumer, and the top-level consumer in a food chain.
Be able to explain how top-level consumers depend on plants, and why there are fewer animals on the top-level than on the bottom level.
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