All terms in this list:

food chain: The path of the energy in food from the organism to another.

food web: The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

herbivore: An animal that eats plants, algae, and other producers.

carnivore: An animal that eats another animal.

predator: An animal that hunts other animals for food.

prey: A living thing that is hunted for food.

scavenger: A meat-eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.

omnivore: An animal that eats both plants and animals.