the transfer of energy and matter in the form of food when one organism eats another organism.

the transfer of energy and matter in the form of food when one organism eats another organism.

a group of food chains within the same ecosystem.

1. Sun – the energy source that fuels a food chain.

2. Producer –plants convert the sun’s energy into food by a process known as photosynthesis.

Herbivore – an organism that eats only producers.

Carnivore – an organism that eats only other consumers.

Omnivore – an organism that eats both producers and consumers

Scavenger – eats dead organisms.

– an organism that feeds on dead or decaying matter and breaks down the nutrients into the soil making them available for use.

Decomposer -

Arrow represent the flow of energy

Energy is lost (10% energy transfer) as you move up the pyramid