Energy Flow through Ecosystems Vocab

organisms that get energy from nonliving sources (i.e. the sun or chemicals); most capture energy during photosynthesis to make simple sugars

• Producer/autotroph

• Consumer/heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis

get energy from living or once-living organisms

• Producer/autotroph

• Consumer/heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis

decompose dead materials; decomposers

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Detrivore

consume only meat

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Detrivore

consume both meat and vegetation

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Detrivore

consume only vegetation

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Detrivore

the synthesis of glucose by using energy from chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight

• Producer/autotroph

• Consumer/heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis