Ecosystem

An organism that consumes, or eats, a plant or animal for energy

• carnivore

• consumer

• omnivore

• producer

An animal that eats only plants

• omnivore

• decomposer

• herbivore

• consumer

A diagram showing the direct path of energy from producers to consumers

• food web

• food chart

• food chain

• photosynthesis

The ability to do work. The sun is the primary source of energy in an ecosystem

• energy

• producer

• food web

• consumer

A community of organisms that interact with each other and their environment

• zoo

• food chain

• group

• ecosystem

A plant that creates energy through photosynthesis

• producer

• consumer

• omnivore

• carnivore

The process plants use to make glucose using sunlight, air, and water

• ecosystem

• photosynthesis

• synthesis

• decomposing

A diagram showing interconnecting food chains that illustrate the flow of energy through an ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

• omnivore

• chart

An organism that breaks down dead plants or animals and returns nutrients to the soil

• consumer

• decomposer

• herbivore

• producer

An animal that eats both plants and animals

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• consumer