Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

How are the decomposers connected to the grass?

• gives it nutrients

• gives it energy

• gives it food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that make their own food

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?

• Fox

• Hawk

• Vole

• Grass

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is one path that energy could flow through this ecosystem?

• Sun->grass->owl->decomposer

• Grass->mouse->owl

• sun->mouse->hawk

• sun->grass->rabbit->fox-> decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

In the food web above, what organism is missing from this food chain:

Grass --> Slug --> ________ --> Hawk

• Vole

• Frog

• Insect

• Thrush

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumers that eat only animals

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does the ecosystem get from the sun?

• Matter

• Oxygen

• Energy

• Carbon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3