What do we call organisms that eat other living things in order to get energy?

Organisms that get energy by eating only other animals are called __________.

__________ get energy by eating dead matter, like dead plants and animals.

__________ are organisms, such as plants, that make their own food.

__________ get energy by eating only plants.

An animal that eats both plants and other animals is a(an) __________.

Decomposers break down dead plants and animals into nutrients that are added back into the soil. What organisms then use those important nutrients to grow healthy and strong?

__________ found in plants can be passed along from animal to animal through a food chain.

All food chains begin with energy received from the __________.

In the following diagram, the arrows show the transfer or flow of __________ from one organism to another.

Which consumer is getting the most amount of energy in its meal?

In a food chain, energy is passed by an animal eating and __________.

After the sun, the next link in every food chain is plants. Why are plants always next?

As the energy is passed on from organism to organism along the food chain, the amount of energy becomes __________.

The more links on the food chain, the more energy each animal gets along the way.

There must be more __________ in an ecosystem.

In the following food chain, which organism is eating the grass?

A food web is __________.

This diagram is an example of a __________.

What organism eats the caterpillar in the following food chain example?

By looking at the food chain below, which organism is the producer?

An ecosystem has many food chains. An animal can be eaten by many different animals and therefore be a part of many different __________.

If one animal in a food chain dies, that will __________.

Which organism in this food chain not a consumer?

Which organism in this food chain is taking in the least amount of energy?

What does an herbivore eat?

For land animals, all food chains usually begin with __________.

Food chains and food webs show the flow of __________ within an ecosystem.

What do the arrows represent in a food chain?

Which organisms break down dead animals and waste allowing nutrients to be returned to the soil?

In this food web, which food chain correctly shows how energy flows from grass to owl?

How does energy get from one organism to another?

Which of these shows the correct order of natural energy flow through a food web?

The ability to produce energy from sunlight gives plants the name producers.

Which is an example of a consumer?

How is energy transferred from plants?

A food web is __________.

An energy __________ is a diagram that shows the energy amount that moves through feeding levels of a food web.

__________ are at the bottom of the energy pyramid.