1. The arrows are drawn from prey to predators to show the direction of energy flow in the ecosystem, indicating which organism consumes another for energy.
2. Their source of energy is sunlight, which they convert into chemical energy through photosynthesis.
3. They produce their own food (organic compounds) using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide via photosynthesis.
4. Primary consumers: deer mice, elk, bison, beavers, snowshoe hare, cutthroat trout, mayflies.
5. Secondary consumers: coyotes, wolves, foxes, grizzly bears, bald eagles, red foxes, harlequin ducks, gray wolves.
6. Tertiary or top consumers: coyotes, wolves, foxes, grizzly bears, bald eagles, red foxes, gray wolves.
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