Energy flow in ecosystems

Living things that make their own food

Do not produce their own food, they have to consume other organisms for food

Obtain energy by eating the remains of other organisms

Model that shows how energy moves from the sun, to producers, to consumers through feeding relationships

Model that shows energy transfer through multiple interconnected food chains

Model that shows the amount of energy available in each step of a food chain (only 10%)

Process where liquid water changes into a gas (water vapor)

Process where water vapor is changed into liquid water

When water falls from clouds to earth’s surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Process that changes atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen that can be used by living things