FLOW OF MATTER & ENERGY IN THE ENVIRONMENT

• Producers are organisms that are able to generate their own food.
• Consumers are organisms that are not able to make their own food.
• Herbivores are animals that only eat plants.
• Omnivores are animals that eat both plants and animals.
• Carnivores are animals that feed upon other animals.
• Decomposers are organisms that feed on dead plants and animals.
• Energy is needed by all organisms for growth, for maintenance and repair and for life. It moves through an ecosystem in a single direction.