energy flow Flashcards
1
Q
An organism that can make its own food
A
producer
2
Q
organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms
A
consumer
3
Q
An organism that eats only plants
A
herbivore
4
Q
An organism that eats both plants and animals
A
omnivore
5
Q
A carnivore that feeds on dead organisms
A
scavenger
6
Q
organisms that break dow wastes and return them to the environment
A
decomposer
7
Q
a series of events (chains) in which one organism eats another
A
food chain
8
Q
many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
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food web
9
Q
a diagram that shows the movement of energy in a food web
A
Energy Pyramid
10
Q
the process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce food
A
Photosynthesis
