Energy Flow in Ecosystems Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
An organism that can make its own food.
A
Producer/Autotroph
2
Q
Organism that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms.
A
Consumer/Heterotroph
3
Q
An organism that eats only plants.
A
Herbivore
4
Q
An organism that eats only animals.
A
Carnivore
5
Q
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
A
Omnivore
6
Q
A carnivore that feeds on dead organisms.
A
Scavenger
7
Q
Organisms that break down wastes and return them to the environment.
A
Decomposer
8
Q
A series of events (chains) in which one organism eats another.
A
Food Chain
9
Q
Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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
