Describes how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem.
Food Chain
Plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis.
Producers

In this food chain the snake is a.....
Carnivore

The Primary animal in this food chain.
Insect

Receives the energy in this photo.
Panda
An animal that feeds on plants.
Herbivore
Primary

The only herbivore in this food chain.
Grasshopper

The Secondary Consumer in this food chain.
Deer

This gives energy to the plant in the food.
Sun
Carnivore
Consumers that are carnivores and feed on the primary consumer in the food chain.
Secondary
A primary animal in a food chain.
Herbivore

This food chain does not have a tertiary animal.
Tree, deer, lion

Gives energy to the mackerel.
Small fish
An animal that breaks down dead, organic material.
Decomposer
The consumer that feeds on the secondary consumer in the food chain.
Tertiary
A secondary animal in a food chain.
Carnivore
Animal(s) that are secondary in this food chain.
Mouse
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Gets energy from the vegetation.
Geese and mute swans, and Tundra Swan
Omnivore
This is transferred between organisms in food webs from producers to consumers.
Energy

Add a decompser to this food chain.
Mushroom, worm, etc
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Gives envergy to the hawk.
Rabbit, Kangaroo Rat, Lizard

Gets its energy from the Velvet Mesquite Tree.
Nothing.