Science Vocabulary Oct 11 - 15

Science Vocabulary Words –

Food chain – the order in which animals eat plants and other animals for energy

Energy source – something that can cause change and do work. The sun is the first energy source in all food chains.

Producer – makes its own food

Consumer – has to eat food to get energy

Herbivore – consumers which eat only plants to get energy

Carnivore – consumers which eat only meat to get energy

Omnivore – consumers which eat plants and meat to get energy

Decomposer – organisms which eat dead things and turn them back into soil