Bio 3.1 Food Web and Energy Flow

The moon

The sun

Decomposers

Water

Primary consumer

Secondary consumer

Producer

Tertiary consumer

Respiration

Photosynthesis

Fermentation

Chemosynthesis

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

Ammonia

Methane

The process of breaking down food using oxygen

The process of making food using chemical energy instead of sunlight

The process of making food using sunlight

The process of decomposing dead organisms

Producers

Primary consumers

Decomposers

Tertiary consumers

Energy

Biomass

Population

Productivity

A single pathway of energy flow

A network of interconnected food chains

A pyramid showing energy loss

A list of all producers in an ecosystem

By eating other organisms

By absorbing sunlight or chemical energy to make their own food

By decomposing dead matter

By consuming detritus

Producer → Primary consumer → Secondary consumer → Tertiary consumer

Producer → Tertiary consumer → Secondary consumer → Primary consumer

Tertiary consumer → Producer → Primary consumer → Secondary consumer

Primary consumer → Producer → Secondary consumer → Tertiary consumer