Prodcuers
This organism makes its own food using sunlight.
Producer (Plant)
Animals that eat plants for energy are called this.
Herbivores
In the chain grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → hawk, this organism is the top predator.
Hawk
These animals use their own body processes to keep their body temperature stable.
Endotherms
This diagram shows how energy decreases as you move up a food chain.
Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food through this process.
Photosynthesis
Animals that eat other animals are called this.
Carnivores
In all food chains, this is the original source of energy.
Sunlight
These animals depend on the environment to warm or cool their bodies.
Ectotherm
Only about this percent of energy moves from one trophic level to the next.
10%
These tiny green parts of plant cells capture sunlight.
Chloroplasts (Chlorophyll)
Animals that eat both plants and animals are called this.
Omnivores
In the chain grass → rabbit → fox, this animal is the consumer that eats the rabbit.
Fox
Mammals and birds are examples of this type of animal.
Endotherm
This level of the food chain has the least energy.
Apex Predator (Tertiary or Quaternary Consumer)
This gas from the air is used by plants to make food.
Carbon Dioxide
This is the main way animals get energy.
Eating Food
This is the first organism in most food chains.
Reptiles, amphibians, and many fish are examples of this type of animal.
Ectotherms
This level in a food chain has the most energy.
Producers
This is the type of energy plants get from the sun to make food.
Light Energy (Sunlight)
Humans are this type of consumer.
Omnivore
This word describes the transfer of energy from one organism to another.
Energy Flow
Endotherms usually need this compared to ectotherms because they use more energy.
This happens when organisms break down food to release energy.
Cellular Respiration