an organism that makes its own food an organism that eats other living things to get energy.

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