Lesson 2 How Is Energy Passed Through an Ecosystem?
Objectives
- Understand food chains and food webs.
- Know the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in ecosystems.
- Identify energy flow in ecosystems.
Vocabulary
ecosystem - A community of organisms and the environment in which they live
herbivore - An animal that eats only producers
carnivore - An animal that eats other animals; also
called a second-level consumer
food chain - The transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem
decomposer - A consumer that obtains food energy by breaking down
the remains of dead plants and animals
food web - A diagram that shows the relationships between
different food chains in an ecosystem
energy pyramid - A diagram that shows how much food energy is
passed from each level in a food chain to the next level
ecosystem - A community of organisms and the environment in which they live
herbivore - An animal that eats only producers
carnivore - An animal that eats other animals; also
called a second-level consumer
food chain - The transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem
decomposer - A consumer that obtains food energy by breaking down
the remains of dead plants and animals
food web - A diagram that shows the relationships between
different food chains in an ecosystem
energy pyramid - A diagram that shows how much food energy is
passed from each level in a food chain to the next level
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