Producers
An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy
producer
Organisms that get their energy from eating other organisms.
Consumer
Organisms that consume dead plants and animals and break them down into simpler forms of matter.
Decomposer
The inter-connected set of food chains is called
food web
Give two examples of a producer
grass, trees, flowers etc
This type of consumer eats only plants and give an example
herbivore
Give an example of a decomposer
bacteria; fungus; earthworms; mold
All food webs start where?
the sun
Producers get their energy directly from where?
sun
This type of consumer eats only animals and give an example.
carnivore
A single living thing
organism
A food chain shows the flow of __________ in an ecosystem.
energy
This is the process producers use to make their own energy
photosynthesis
This type of consumer eats both plants and animals and give an example.
Omnivore
Producers get added energy from the soil. How does the energy get there?
decomposers
Put in order: squirrel, lynx, evergreen tree, fox, sun
sun, evergreen tree, squirrel, fox, lynx