Energy flow in Ecosystem Flashcards
1
Q
an organism that can makes its own food
A
Producer/Autotroph
2
Q
organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms
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Consumer/Heterotroph
3
Q
an organism that only eats plants
A
Herbivore
4
Q
An organism that eats both plants and animals
A
Omnivore
5
Q
An organism that only eats animals
A
Carnivore
6
Q
A carnivore that feeds on dead organisms
A
Scanvenger
7
Q
Organisms that break down wastes and return them to the enviorment
A
Decomposer
8
Q
A series of events in which one organism eats the other
A
Food Chain
9
Q
Many overlapping food chains
A
Food Web
10
Q
A diagram that shows the movement of energy in a food web
A
Energy Pyramid
11
Q
The process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce food
A
Photosynthesis
