The document describes the flow of energy through an ecosystem, with plants getting energy from the sun, mice eating plants, snakes eating mice, owls eating snakes, and fungi decomposing owls and returning nutrients to the soil. Each organism fulfills a role in the food chain as a producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, top predator, or decomposer.

1. The sun gives energy to the
producer (plant).
I get energy from the sun.

2. The primary consumer (mouse) eats
the producer (plant).
I am a herbivore. I eat plants

3. The secondary consumer( snake )
eats the primary consumer(mouse)
I am a carnivore. I eat mous

4. The secondary consumer(snake)
gets eaten by the topsnake. Yummy! Yummy!
I eat
consumer(owl).

5. Decomposers(fungi) eat the top
predator or consumer(owl) brake it
down and return it to the soil.
I eat the owl and put him in the soil.

6. Decomposers(fungi) eat the top
predator or consumer(owl) brake it
down and return it to the soil.
I eat the owl and put him in the soil.