2.1
Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
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2.1 |
Energy Flow in an Ecosystem |
| Producer |
| \(\downarrow\) |
| Primary Consumer |
| \(\downarrow\) |
| Secondary Consumer |
| \(\downarrow\) |
| Tertiary Consumer |
| \(\downarrow\) |
| Decomposer |
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- A producer is an organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis.
- Primary Consumers are herbivores and omnivores that eat producers.
- Secondary consumer is an omnivore and carnivore that eats the primary consumer.
- Tertiary consumer is a secondary carnivore that eats a secondary consumer.
- Decomposer is an organism that breaks doen dead animals and plants into simpler materials or nutrients.
FOOD CHAIN
- Food chain used to show the feeding relationship between organisms.
FOOD WEB
- The interconnection of a few food chains is called a food web
| Energy Flow (Energy is transferred from one organism to another organism) |
