Unit 6 Vocabulary Part 2

A single, linear path showing the flow of energy from the sun to producer and through different levels of consumers.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Primary Consumer

• Ecosystem

Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Ecosystem

An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Plants

• Autotroph

Organisms that consume only plants

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Autotrophs

Animals that eat other animals

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Hetertrophs

An organism that gets their energy by feeding on producers in the food chain

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Carnivore

Animals that eat other animals that eat plants

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Herbivore

Animals that eat secondary consumers

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producer

Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals without need for internal digestion.

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Autotroph

The position an organism occupies on the food web.

• trophic level

• food web

• energy pyramid

• decomposition