The Food Chain Word Search
Play a The Food Chain word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: PREDATOR, PREY, PRODUCER, CONSUMER, DECOMPOSER, HERBIVORE, CARNIVORE, OMNIVORE, FOODWEB, ENERGY, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, CHAIN.
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The Food Chain word list, defined
- PREDATOR /ˈprɛdətər/ · noun
- An animal that hunts, kills, and feeds on other animals or their remains. By extension, a person or organization that exploits, victimizes, or preys on others. Related: hunter, carnivore, pursuer, stalker.
- PREY /preɪ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, prey means an animal hunted by another animal, or a person or thing pursued, victimized, or exploited. As a verb, it means to hunt or seize prey, or figuratively to exploit or victimize someone. Related: victim, quarry, hunted animal, hunt.
- PRODUCER /prəˈduːsər/ · noun
- A person or organization that produces, creates, or supplies goods, services, or content. In the media industry, a producer is the person who oversees the production and financing of films, television programmes, or recordings. Related: creator, maker, manufacturer, generator.
- CONSUMER /kənˈsjuːmə/ (UK), /kənˈsuːmər/ (US) · noun
- A person who purchases goods and services for personal use, as opposed to a producer or seller; more broadly, any organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms or organic matter. Related: buyer, customer, shopper, purchaser.
- DECOMPOSER /ˌdiːkəmˈpoʊzər/ · noun
- An organism, such as a fungus or bacterium, that breaks down dead organic matter and waste, returning nutrients to the soil or environment. Related: saprotroph, detritivore, scavenger, reducer.
- HERBIVORE /ˈhɜːrbɪvɔːr/ · noun
- An animal that feeds principally on plants or other vegetation. Related: plant-eater, grazer, browser, herbivorous animal.
- CARNIVORE /ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/ · noun
- An animal that feeds primarily on the flesh of other animals. More broadly, a person who eats meat, or an organism that obtains energy and nutrients from animal tissue. Related: predator, meat-eater, hunter, flesh-eater.
- OMNIVORE /ˈɒmnɪvɔː(r)/ (British); /ˈɑːmnɪvɔːr/ (US) · noun
- A person or animal that eats both plant and animal matter. The term can also refer to an organism that obtains energy from a wide variety of food sources. Related: eater of both, mixed feeder, generalist feeder.
- ENERGY /ˈɛnərdʒi/ · noun
- The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity; in physics, the property of matter and radiation that is manifest as a capacity to perform work (such as causing motion or the interaction of molecules). Related: vigor, vitality, stamina, dynamism.
- PHOTOSYNTHESIS /ˌfoʊtoʊˈsɪnθəsɪs/ · noun
- The biological process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and other organic compounds, releasing oxygen as a by-product.
- CHAIN /tʃeɪn/ · noun, verb
- A flexible series of connected metal links used for fastening, restraining, or transmitting power; more broadly, any sequence of connected things, events, or people. As a verb, to fasten or restrain something with a chain. Related: link, sequence, series, string.
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