Ecosystems List #2 (Food Chains and Food Webs)

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

A network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

A consumer that eats only plants.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

A consumer that eats only animals.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return raw materials to the environment (examples: bacteria, fungi, and worms).

• Producers

• Comsumers

• Decomposers

An animal that hunts other animals for food.

• Prey

• Predator

• Scavenger

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

• Prey

• Predator

• Scavenger

Animals that feed on the bodies of dead organism.

• Prey

• Predator

• Scavenger