Energy Transfer in an Ecosystem

Producer vs Consumer organism that eats producers or other consumers organisms that make their own food using sunlight

4 Types of Consumers Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore Scavenger Organism that gets energy from eating only plants Organism that gets energy from killing and eating other animals Omnivore Scavenger Organism that gets energy from eating both plants and other animals Organisms that eat dead matter.

Video: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Organisms that break down dead matter and return nutrients to the soil (fungi, bacteria) Video: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

Food Chain Order in which animals feed on plants and other animals – shows how energy flows from producer to consumer to decomposer

Food Web Complicated interconnected group of food chains put together to show how energy flows in an ecosystem

Energy Pyramid http://educate-ecology-students.weebly.com/pyramids.html

Bill Nye: Food Web http://www.theykid.com/bill-nye-the-science-guy

Bear Activity http://environment.wsu.edu/facilities/bears/bear-center.html