Energy Transfer in an Ecosystem

Plants make their own food through this process.

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These are the main producers in an ecosystem.

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This includes all the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.

• ecosystem

• food chain

• energy pyramid

• population

The name for animals that eat plants.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

Name for an animal that only eats mainly other animals.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

Name for an animal that eats both plants and other animals.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

Each time something eats something else, this is transferred from one organism to the next.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Term for the transfer of food energy between organisms.

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When plants and animals die, the food energy stored in their remains are broken down and used by these.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Term for a consumer that gets its food energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms.