Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

Pregunta	Respuesta
Producer	An organism that makes its own food Image: 295250582 573e052534 (image/jpeg)
Consumer	An organism that eats other organisms Image: 6 U Ex Oyzi Qi69uk28 Jcbm Kg (image/jpeg)
Food Chain	a diagram that shows a series of relationships between plants and animals that traces the path of energy and nutrients through an ecosystem Image: FAQ Kmv6qg Wi7 Lklyu R Na Ag (image/jpeg)
food web	many food chains interconnected Image: Oqa40q K Bt Ei Uj8 Wx Kf Ro7 A (image/jpeg)
energy pyramid	a diagram that shows the amount of energy being lost in ecosystem Image: 58 U Rb H Jral W48q Wi Ky Bli A (image/jpeg)
carnivore	An animal that eats other animals/meat Image: 1mi9pviqiav2 Yx5 O5q No5g (image/jpeg)
omnivore	An animal that eats both plants and animals Image: Mflb Ue Jcp Xz Bxjn Og Cv Ug Q (image/jpeg)
Primary Consumer (1st level consumer)	Eats producers/ also called a herbivore Image: Ycdj Bhd.J Mh94 Fqq Tb G Aa Q (image/jpeg)
Secondary consumer (2nd level consumer)	eats herbivores/also called a carnivore Image: Wc Xy Gv Ft81wdg Zf Hd Q2 Spa (image/jpeg)
Tertiary consumer (3rd level consumer)	eats secondary consumers (omnivore, carnivore) Image: Rp Ut Lqw0 W6 Q Qk Qs Zp5.Ia (image/jpeg)
decomposer	an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients Image: Du Wxu 7l 6k6 5 Cy Mecc0 Q (image/jpeg)
herbivore	a consumer that eats primarily plants Image: M Ku2i T8 Su2n Prl8of0st1w (image/jpeg)
10% rule	Only 10% of the total energy produced at each trophic level is available to the next level. The amount of energy passed up to the levels of food pyramid reduces as you go up Image: Pb Er Qi Pb6w Q2q Ec Pq Uwfew (image/png)
abiotic factors	Nonliving components of ecosystem Image: Ry Loa H Gag Gq Ry Wic Tt6 Cq (image/png)
biotic factors	living parts of an ecosystem Image: Pkr Dbgk C1 Ua B Lhzd A Cmg (image/jpeg)
ecological pyramid	diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter within each trophic level in a food chain or food web Image: Ce H7h E Fmn E Rzeu Tf Nq O Kuw (image/png)
trophic level	Each step in a food chain or food web Image: N Wx87 C Soqt Mh Wf O Zje G7cw (image/png)
autotroph	An organism that makes its own food Image: 295250582 573e052534 (image/jpeg)
heterotroph	An organism that cannot make its own food. Image: Wa4 Tmsy Iyfmv36i Yio Ssv A (image/jpeg)
detritivore	organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter Image: Wbpl Suhj Drg Sa G Qlg Ov5 Ta (image/jpeg)

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