Zoe's Wild Ecosystems Food Web Adventure | Free Printable Vocabulary Worksheet with Answer Key

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Match 8 key Food Webs vocabulary words to their definitions. Ecosystems theme keeps kids engaged. Answer key included (NGSS.MS-LS2-3).

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Page 1 — Vocabulary Match

Free Grade 6 Science vocabulary match worksheet — Food Webs — Common Core NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Page 2 — Answer Key

Answer key — Grade 6 Science vocabulary match — Food Webs — teacher and parent use only

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What is included

✓ 8 key Food Webs vocabulary words

✓ Scrambled definitions to match

✓ Ecosystems theme to keep kids motivated

✓ Bonus challenge — write sentences using vocabulary

✓ Answer key on page 2

✓ Print-ready PDF — Letter size

✓ standard difficulty level

About This Activity

Zoe mapped every creature's feeding connection across the forest ecosystem.

Teacher Tip

Have students build a physical string web connecting each vocabulary word — producers at the bottom, consumers above — then pull one string to show how removing one species disrupts the entire ecosystem's stability.

Vocabulary Words

PRODUCERA living thing, like a plant, that makes its own food from sunlight.

CONSUMERAn animal that gets energy by eating plants or other animals.

PREDATORA hunter that chases and eats other living animals for food.

PREYAn animal that gets hunted and eaten by another animal.

DECOMPOSERA fungus or microbe that breaks dead things down into soil nutrients.

HABITATThe specific place in nature where an animal lives and survives.

BIOMASSThe total weight of all living material inside a given ecosystem area.

STABILITYWhen an ecosystem stays balanced because its species populations remain healthy.

About this Grade 6 Food Webs Vocabulary Worksheet

This printable vocabulary match worksheet helps Grade 6 Science students learn key Food Webs terms. The Ecosystems theme makes vocabulary practice engaging while students build academic language skills. Includes answer key and bonus writing challenge (NGSS.MS-LS2-3).