Energy Flow© Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 94-4443Visit www.newpathlearning.com for Online Learning Resources.Energy in an EcosystemAn ecosystem is a group of organisms and their physical environment. All organisms within an ecosystem need energy to survive. Organisms obtain energy from different sources. Each organism plays a role in the through the ecosystem. Producers make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Plants, algae and some bacteria are producers that use the Sun’s energy to make food. sunHerbivoreProducersOmnivoreOmnivoreOmnivoreCarnivorePrairie EcosystemConsumers get energy by eating other what they eat. Herbivores only eat plants. Carnivores eat animals, and omnivores eat both plants and animals. Energy FlowEnergydifferent types of consumers. For example, plants are eaten by herbivores such as grasshoppers. A grasshopper is eaten by a mouse, which is then eaten by a rattlesnake. Decomposers obtain energy by eating or absorbing nutrients found in animal waste and dead bodies. Bacteria, and worms are decomposers that help return raw materials to an ecosystem.fungiwormsanimal wastelitterbacteria6 CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O6 + 6 O2oxygenfoodwatersun’s energychlorophyllcarbon dioxideAn ecosystem is a group of organisms and their physical environment. All organisms within an ecosystem need energy to survive. Organisms obtain energy from different sources. Each organism plays a role in the through the ecosystem. Producers make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Plants, algae and some bacteria are producers that use the Sun’s energy to make food. sunbbbbbbbbbbbbbiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvvvvorreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoHeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbProdddddddddddddduuuuuuuuuuucerrrrrrrrrsssssssssssOmnivvvvvvvvvvvoooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeOmnivoreOmnivoreeeeeeeeCaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvvvvvoreeeiiiiiiiiiiiPrP airie EEEEEEEEEEEEEcccccccccccccooooooosyyyyyyysssssssssssssttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmmirrCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCoooooooonsumersss ggggggetttttt eeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeerrrrrgggggggggggggggyyyyyyyyyyy by eating other whhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttt ttttttttthhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy eeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttt... HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHerbivores only eat plants. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCaaaaaaaaaaaaarrnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvoooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss eeeeeeeeat animals, and omnivoreseeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttt bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbooooth plants and animals. Energydifferent typpppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeees ooooooooooooooooooooooofffffffffffffffffffff ccccccccccccccccccooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsssssssssssssssuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrss. Foooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexxxxxxxxxxxammmmmmmmmmmmmmpppppppppppppppppppppppppllllllllllee, plants are eeeeeeeeeeeeeaatteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeerrrrbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvoooooorrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssuchhhhhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssss grasshopppppppppppppppppppppppppppppperrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssssss.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA gggggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaasshoppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr iiiiiiiiiiiiiiis eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeen by a moooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,,,,,,,,,, wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssss ttttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnn eatennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy aaaaaaaaaaaaa rattleeessssssssssssssssnnnnnnnnnnaakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... Decomposers obtain energy by eating or absorbing nutrients found in animal waste and dead bodies. Bacteria, and worms are decomposers that help return raw materials to an ecosystem.fungifungwormwowormsmormwormsmww ro msswnimal wastssninanimal wastanimalimaal wawwaasteananwastettel aamiianimal wasteanimal wastemietttswawtets eswtswl waaminssawwtelitterttllittitterliritterli eerbacteriab6 CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O6 + 6 O2oxygenfoodwatersun’s energychlorophyllcarbondioxide
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