Energy Transfer

A diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organisms in an ecosystem.

• food web

• food chain

• decomposer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms.

• food web

• food chain

• herbivore

• consumer

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An organism that eats only plants.

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• producer

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An organism that eats animals.

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• consumer

An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter.

• omnivore

• producer

• herbivore

• consumer

An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal waste and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

• producer

An organism that eats both plants and animals.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

• carnivore

An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings.

• consumer

• decomposer

• omnivore

• producer

Name an example of a decomposer.

• mushrooms

• wolf

• sunflower

• moose

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Name an example of a carnivore.

• grass

• rabbit

• lion

• humans