Flow of Energy Vocabulary

A series of events in which one organism eats another. (A representation of feeding relationships.)

• Food Chain

• Producer

• Consumer

• Energy Pyramid

On an energy pyramid, which organisms consumes primary consumers? (2nd level of consumers)

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Producers

On an energy pyramid, which organism consumers autotrophs? (1st level of consumers)

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Producers

A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

An organism that eats only plants.

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

An organism that eats dead or decaying plant or animal matter.

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

Organisms that eats only other animals.

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

An organism that can make its own food.

• Niche

• Producer

• Prey

• Predation

The relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Competition

An organism that does the hunting. (Animals that feed on other animals.)

• Predator

• Prey

• Herbivore

• Carnivore