Flow of Energy

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment

Question 2

Producer

Answer 2

an organism that produces/makes its own food

Question 3

Consumer

Answer 3

An animal that can not make its own food so instead eats plants or other animal for energy.

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

An organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances.

Question 5

Food Chain

Answer 5

food chain describes the order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food.

Question 6

Food Web

Answer 6

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 7

Photosynthesis

Answer 7

the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 8

Cellular Respiration

Answer 8

the process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions