an organism that makes its own food an organism that eats other living things to get energy
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ENERGY FLOW IN AN
ECOSYSTEM
an organism that makes its
own food
PRODUCER
an organism that eats other living
things to get energy
CONSUMER
animals that help to break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil to
help plants and animals live and grow
DECOMPOSER
shows how food and energy
passes from one organism to
another in an ecosystem
FOOD CHAIN Consumer
Producer
Decomposer
This shows how several food
chains connect and overlap
FOOD WEB
A diagram that shows the amount of energy passed
from one organism to another along a
food chain
ENERGY PYRAMID
An animal that eats only other
animals
CARNIVORE
an animal that consumes only
plants
HERBIVORE
an animal that eats plants as well as other
animals
OMNIVORE