Types of organisms
These organisms make their own food
Producers
The process of absorbing energy from the sun to make food
Photosynthesis
Something that is a living factor is
a group of similar living things
Pesticides that are toxic only to target pests.
Selective pesticides
The organism responsible for breaking down dead plants and animals
Decomposers
An organism that eats animals only
Carnivores
Something that is non living is
abiotic
group of individuals of the same species inhabiting the same area.
Population
can harm (or even kill) organisms that are not considered pests
Nonselective pesticides
An organism that eats plants only
Herbivore
The second order consumer
Secondary consumer
A rock is an example of an
abiotic factor
interacting populations of species within a habitat
Community
This type of pesticide targets insects.
Insecticide
These organisms cannot make their own food
Consumers
An organism that eats plants and animals
Omnivores
A set of eating interactions within an ecosystem is called a
food chain
a community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
Ecosystem
This type of pesticides targets weeds.
Herbicide
Food chains that overlap
Food web
The third order consumer
Tertiary consumer
The study of how organisms interact with one another and with the environment.
Ecology
a large naturally occurring community occupying a major habitat
Biome
The build up of pesticides in the organisms. As we go up the food chain, the higher levels of toxins we see.
Bio accumulation