vocabulary science

3. eats both plants and animals; examples include bears and humans
5. primary consumer
6. this is the first consumer in the food chain that eats the producer
9. only eats plants, examples include rabbits and grasshoppers
10. only eats animals; examples include lion and wolf
14. producers; have most energy
16. do not make their own food but get energy from eating other plants and animals; also called heterotrophs
17. secondary consumers and beyond

1. this is the second consumer that eats the first consumer
2. the sequence of living organisms in which one organism consumes another organism to transfer food energy
4. shows the relationship between different organisms and the flow of energy in different trophic levels in an ecosystem
7. something that takes excess carbon out of the air. Examples include plants, trees, oceans
8. the process where consumers breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide; it uses oxygen and glucose to make carbon dioxide, water, and energy
11. organisms that make their own food; also called AUTOtrophs (synonym); examples include plants, algae, microorganisms
12. interconnected food chains that show flow of energy in an ecosystem
13. when plants use energy from the sun, carbon dioxide, and water to make glucose (sugar) and oxygen (to be released into the air).
15. break down dead organisms and waste; often called nature’s recyclers; examples include fungi and bacteria