Energy in Ecosystems

Understand energy flow in ecosystems! Learn about producers, consumers, and food chains.

Match the term with the definition. Producer An organism that can make its own food. Consumer An organism that gets its energy by feeding on other organisms. Herbivores Consumers that eat only plants. Carnivores Consumers that eat only animals. Omnivores Consumers that eat both plants and animals. Scavengers A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms. Decomposers Break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem. Which organism has the most amount of energy? mouse Wedged Tailed Eagle Kookaburra Grass What animal has the least energy? grasshopper Snake Wedged Tailed Eagle Infer what would happen to the food web if all of the frogs disappeared. The owl population decreases The owl population increases The cricket population decreases The elk population would increase A food chain is a series of events in which one organism eats another to obtain energy. true false neither A scavenger is always going to be some sort of a producer. true false