Energy Flow in the Ecosystem

Food chain – shows which organisms each which in an ecosystem

Food pyramid – shows many organisms and what they eat

Trophic Levels troph = eat

Producer – makes its own food Example: grass, trees

Consumers – eat other organisms Herbivores/ primary consumers – eat plants Primary – first Carnivores/secondary or tertiary consumers – eat animals Secondary – second Tertiary – third Omnivores – eat plants and animals

Decomposer – breaks down waste Example: bacteria or fungus