Energy Flow in Ecosystems: Chapter 3 Lesson 1

All living things is a ecosystem

• community

• energy pyramid

• food web

• predator

A diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem.

• community

• energy pyramid

• food web

• predator

Network of food chains that are connected.

• community

• energy pyramid

• food web

• predator

An animal that hunts other animals for food

• community

• energy pyramid

• food web

• predator

Includes all living and nonliving things in an environment

• ecosystem

• prey

• population

• food chain

Predators hunt me for food

• ecosystem

• prey

• population

• food chain

All members of a single species in an ecosystem are part of me.

• ecosystem

• prey

• population

• food chain

The path that energy takes as it moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

• ecosystem

• prey

• population

• food chain

Producers, such as _____________ and algae, are the base of each food chain.

• plants

• prey

• predators

• rocks

Consumers that eat plants

• carnivores

• herbivores

• omnivores

• decomposers