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Food chains show how organisms interact in their environment. In order to better understand food chains, you will need some basic knowledge of the terminology. The following words and their definitions should become familiar to you.

Use the link to Harcourt Science Online Dictionary to make flashcards for these words. Place the term and picture on one side of the flashcard and its definition on the other side.

1. Producer (Grade 5)

2. Consumer (Grade 5)

3. Herbivore - An organism that eats only plants, example rabbit

4. Decomposer (Grade 5)

5. Scavenger (Grade 6)

6. Carnivore - An organism that eats only animals, example lion

7. Predator (Grade 6)

8. Prey (Grade 6)

9. Omnivore - An organism that eats both plants and animals, example brown bear

10. Photosynthesis (Grade 5)

Practice your vocabulary knowledge with the matching game and crossword puzzle below. Definitions and pictures come directly from the Harcourt Science Online Dictionary website.

Food Chain Vocabulary Matching Game

Food Chain Crossword Puzzle

Ohio Academic Content Standards - Life Science - Grade 5

1. Describe the role of producers in the transfer of energy entering ecosystems as sunlight to chemical energy through photosynthesis.

2. Explain how almost all kinds of animals’ food can be traced back to plants.

3. Trace the organization of simple food chains and food webs(e.g., producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and decomposers).

4. Summarize that organisms can survive only in ecosystems in which their needs can be met (e.g., food, water, shelter, air, carrying capacity and waste disposal). The world has different ecosystems and distinct ecosystems support the lives of different types of organisms.

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