Energy Flows in the Ecosystem

Primary consumers

Herbivores and omnivors

Secondary consumer

An omnivore and carnivore that eats the primary consumer

Tertiary consumer

A secondary carnivore that eats a secondary consumer

Decomposer

An organism that breaks down dead animals and plants into simpler materials or nutrients

Saprophytism

The interaction of the decomposer to obtain food from dead organisms

Example of decomposer

Mushrooms

Food chain

To show the feeding relationship between organisms

Food web

The interconnection of a few food chains

Example of food chain

Example of food web