Transferring Energy? The Cycle of Life is a constant transfer of the life force we call “energy” A plant get’s its energy from the earth, the water and the sun Animals eat the plants and changes the plants’ life force into energy to fuel their bodies Larger animals eat the plant eaters, and transfer their life force into energy for their bodies When the larger animals die, their bodies then transform back into the earth that feeds the plants Each process is dependent on the other because all are connected in the circle A Native American Chief explains it well, “Man did not weave the web of life He is merely a strand of it Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”