Interactions and Energy in Ecosystems

Plants that make their own food using energy from the Sun

• consumers

• producers

• omnivores

• herbivores

Organisms that eat only plants

• producers

• consumers

• carnivores

• herbivores

Organisms that eat other organisms in order to survive

• consumer

• producer

• source

Organisms that eat only animals

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

Organisms that eat both plants and animals

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

Organisms that break down dead organisms to provide nutrients to soil

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• source

Arrows on a food chain and food web show _______ being transferred between organisms.

• energy

• photosynthesis

• diseases

A _________shows a single flow of energy through an ecosystem.

• food web

• pyramid

• conductor

• food chain

Identify the producer from the organisms below.

• owl

• mouse

• grass

• mushroom

Identify the consumer from the organisms below.

• bacteria

• cow

• rose bush

• mushroom