Energy Flow through an Ecosystem

What is a producer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

What is a consumer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

What is a decomposer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

What do Omnivores eat? 

• Plants ONLY 
• Animals ONLY
• Plants AND Animals

What do Herbivores eat? 

• Plants ONLY 
• Animals ONLY
• Plants AND Animals

What do Carnivores eat? 

• Plants ONLY 
• Animals ONLY
• Plants AND Animals

What animal is on the top of the food chain? 
*Remember Humans are on the top of all food chains because we do not get hunted. 

• Grass
• Grasshopper
• Mouse
• Owl

Who does the owl get energy from? 

• Grass
• Grasshopper
• Mouse
• Ow

Who is the producer in this food chain? 

• Grass
• Grasshopper
• Mouse
• Ow

Who does the grasshopper get energy from? 

• Grass
• Grasshopper
• Mouse
• Ow