Energy Flow

2. are organisms that cannot make their food. Consumer obtain food by eating producers and other consumers
4. Factors all of the living or once-living things in an ecosystem
5. are organisms that use an outside energy source, such as the Sun, and produce their own food
6. the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their environment
8. any area in which organisms live
12. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

1. is a carnivore that feeds on dead bodies of dead organisms.
2. consumers that eat herbivores and other consumers.
3. Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment
7. consumers that eat both producers and consumers.
9. consumers that eat only plants and other producers
10. is all the living and nonliving things in one place
11. Factors the nonliving parts of an ecosystem