Flow of Energy in the Ecosystem

A __________________ is a type of animal that hunts other animals to eat. 

• prey
• herbivore
• predator
• producer

A food chain is?

• Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
• The amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
• A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
• biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

A consumer gets energy by doing what?

• Making it themselves.
• Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem.
• Soaking it up from the ground.
• Feeding on other organisms.

The energy role that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms is?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

Grass is considered a ...

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• composers

An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer
• Heterotroph
• Consumer
• Decomposer

A carnivore eats only other animals. What is an example?

• Bison
• Elephant
• Caterpillar
• Coyote

This type of consumer eats both other consumers and producers to obtain energy. It's name means "ALL" or "WHOLE" in latin.

• Carnivore.
• Herbivore.
• Omnivore
• Scavenger.

is made up of many food chains in an ecosystem.  *It branches out and connects many organisms

• food chain
• food web
• energy pyramid

What is an example of a decomposer?

• Plum
• Mushroom
• Deer
• Bird