Food Chains, Webs, and Pyramids

an organism that gets energy from eating other things

• consumer

• producer

• energy pyramid

• decomposer

an organism that makes its own food

• consumer

• producer

• herbivore

• omnivore

an organism that eats only plants

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

an organism that eats only meat

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

an organism that eats both plants and animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

shows one possible flow of energy

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

shows all possible flows of energy

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

shows how energy is passed from one organism to the next

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

A third-level consumer has to be which type?

• Carnivore.
• Decomposer.
• Producer.
• Herbivore.

In a food web, arrows point at:

• who gets energy.
• who gets eaten.