Flow of Energy

1. step in a food chain or food web
4. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
6. a consumer that eats only animals.
10. organisms that make their own food
11. process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugars
12. a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

2. an organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains.
3. a consumer that eats only plants.
5. organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter
6. process by which some organisms, such as certain bacteria, use chemical energy to produce sugar
7. a consumer that eats both plants and animals
8. organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organisms
9. an organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things.
13. an organism that makes its own food