Feeding Relationships among Organisms

Autotrophs (producers

get energy from sun or chem compounds (photo or chemsynthesis - chemo bc cant get sun)

Herterotrophs (consumers)

depend on autotroph 4 energy

Herbivores

eat plants

Carnivores

eat meat

Omnivores

eat both

Scavengers

eat animals that alr died; keep organisms from covering ground while decomp

Food chain

show feeding Relationships of organisms; autotrophs on bottom

What do arrows show?

transfer of energy in food web/chain

Food webs

show many overlapping food chains (bc figures eat or get eaten by multi other things)

Where are decomposers & scavengers found

@ every pt in food web if organism dies