Natural Energy Transfer

4. An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients
6. An organism that only consumes plants
8. Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals without need for internal digestion
9. An organism that transforma energy from the Sun and uses carbon dioxide water to make food
11. A single, linear path showing the flow of energy from the Sun and to a producer and through different levels of consumers.

1. An animal that eats other animals
2. An organism that gets its energy by feeding on producers in the food chain.
3. A diagram that shows the total amount of energy contained within each trophic level.
5. An animal that eats primary consumers.
7. Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem
10. A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic facts in an area and all the interactions among them