Flow of Energy/ Symbiosis

All energy in an ecosystem comes from the sun. This energy is passed through the ecosystem as organisms eat other organsims.

• Ominvores

• Herbivores

• Detritivores

• Flow of energy

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating plants.

• Parasite

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Ominvore

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating meat.

• Detritivore

• Ominvore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

Organisms that produce their own food mostly through photosynthesis (producers). Examples are plants and algae.

• Ominvore

• Detritivore

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

Organisms that get their energy and nutrition from other organisms (consumers).

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

• Detritivore

Heterotrophs that get energy and nutrition from dead or decaying organisms or their waste products and recycle nutrients back to the ecosystem.

• Producer

• Trophic

• Decomposer

• Autotrooph

Complex trophic relationships in an ecological pyramid.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Abiotic Factor

• Biome

When a snake kills a shrew, the shrew is the _____ .

• host
• prey
• predator
• parasite

A relationship in which two species live close together and both benefit is _____ .

• mutualism
• predation
• parasitism
• commensalism

A relationship in which one species befits and the other species in neither helped or harmed is ______ .

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism