Organisms that make their own food using the sun's energy.
Producers
Organisms that eat other plants or animals for energy.
Consumers
Organisms that break down dead organisms and return the nutrients to the soil.
Decomposers
Consumers that only eat plants
Herbivores
Consumers that eat only meat
Carnivores
Consumers that eat both plants and animals
Omnivores
A diagram that shows what each organism eats.
Food Chain
Many food chains linked together to show how energy flows in an ecosystem.
Food Web
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
Prey
An animal that naturally preys on others.
Predator
A model that shows the energy that is lost within an ecosystem.
Energy Pyramid
In an energy pyramid, these consumers eat producers.
Primary Consumers
In an energy pyramid, the consumers that eat herbivores.
Secondary Consumers
Top of the food chain! Nothing eats them!
Tertiary Consumers
The home of an organism
habitat
Give an example of pond ecosystem food chain
Grass---- Grasshopper-----Frog
