Food Chain Word Search

Words in the Food Chain word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

sun

The starting energy source for almost every food chain.

plant

A living thing that makes food and feeds many animals.

grass

A common producer eaten by rabbits, cattle and insects.

rabbit

A plant eating animal hunted by foxes and hawks.

mouse

A small seed eater near the bottom of many chains.

fox

A hunter that eats rabbits, mice, birds and berries.

hawk

A bird of prey often sitting at a chain's top.

energy

What passes from one living thing to the next when eaten.

predator

An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

prey

An animal that gets hunted and eaten by another.

producer

A living thing that makes its own food from sunlight.

consumer

A living thing that eats other organisms for energy.

herbivore

An animal that eats only plants, such as a deer.

carnivore

An animal that eats mainly meat, such as a lion.

omnivore

An animal that eats both plants and meat.

decomposer

An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.

scavenger

An animal that feeds on remains it did not kill.

food web

Many food chains linked together in one habitat.

bacteria

Tiny organisms that recycle nutrients from dead material.

fungi

Mushrooms and molds that decompose dead plants and animals.

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