1. Essential Question Lesson 3
How does energy flow through an ecosystem?

2. A habitat is an environment that meets the needs of a living thing.

3. A niche is a living thing’s role in a habitat.

4. A food chain shows the path of food energy.
acorn comes from plants
chipmunks eat acorns
hawks eat chipmunks
hawks die and decompose in the soil for plants

6. Consumers that are eaten are call prey
Consumers that are eaten are call prey. Consumers that eat pray are called predators.

7. When food chains cross, they make a food web.

8. An energy pyramid shows how much energy is pased on.