Types
What are producers
Organisms that convert energy from the sun into chemical energy
What are decomposers
They break down the remains and waste of organisms into simple organic molecules that can be used by producers to mis molecules that other organisms need.
What is a food chain
A food chain describes a single pje way flow of energy in a ecosystem
What is ecology
The study of or organisms relationships with others and their enviornment
What are consumers
Organisms that eat other organisms (primary consumers eat producers)
What are scavengers
They consume the soft tissue of dead animals
What is a food web
A food web is a diagram that shows multiple pathways In which energy can flow through an ecosystem. a typical food web includes multiple intersecting food chains.
What is an ecosystem
A community of interacting organisms and theid physical enviornment. Ecosystems always need a supply of energy usually from sunlight. But ecosystems consisting of bacteria get energy from chemicals.
WHat are herbivores
They consume producers sometimes are called primary consumers.
What are Detritivores
They break down organic matter via digestion
What are trophic levels
Catagories organisms are put into depending on their feeding positions, organisms can exist at multiple trophic levels
Non Living aspects of the environment (sunlight, temperature, oxygen, etc)
What are carnivores
What are saprotrophs
They break down organic matter via digestion. Like bacteria, and they release digestive enzymes onto what they are eating to absorb nutrients.
What are biotic factors
Living parts of species. All organisms are present.
What are omnivores
They consume both producers and consumers.
It describes how two species cannot have the same niche living in the same environment for very long