The movement of energy throughout different organisms in an ecosystem
Decomposer (Blewit Mushroom)
A decomposer is an organism that cannot make its own energy and does not eat other living organisms to obtain energy. Instead they break down dead organisms and obtain the nutrients and energy they need that way.The Blewit Mushroom does not actively search for other living organisms to eat like a heterotroph and does not make its own glucose and energy like an autotroph. Instead the Blewit Mushroom breaks down dead plant matter which is how it gets its energy. This makes the Blewit mushroom a decomposer.
Heterotroph (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own energy and instead must eat other organims and uses their glucose as it own energy. A stink bug is not an autotroph and cannot create its own glucose and energy. Since it cannot go through photosynthesis to convert sunlight into glucose to use as energy. Instead it gets its energy by eating plants and obtains the glucose from the plant and uses it as its own energy. This makes a stink bug a heterotroph.
Autotroph (Dandelion)
An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own glucose and use it as energy. The Dandelion is a plant that can preform photosyntesis by collecting sunlight, water, and nutrients and create it's own glucose. By going through photosyntesis it can produce its own glucose and use it as its own energy. This makes the Dandelion an autotroph.