What's For Dinner?
Organisms that only eat/consume producers
Herbivores
Organisms that are always found at the bottoms of any food chain, web, or pyramid; makeup the largest biomass
Individuals that can breed and produce fertile offspring
Species
Process used by autotrophs to capture light energy and convert it into carbohydrates (glucose)
Photosynthesis
The study of all interactions/relationships within an ecosystem
Ecology
Organisms that eat/consume consumers
Carnivore
Organisms that cannot synthesize their own food, and must therefore eat other organisms to acquire it.
Consumer
A group of individuals that belong to the same speceis
Population
The process of breaking down glucose in order to form ATP; this reaction works with photosynthesis aid in the carbon cycle
Cellular Respiration
An organism like a vulture that feeds on the carcasses of dead animals; vultures
Scavenger
Organisms that will eat both consumers and producersq
Omnivore
A model showing the amount of energy within each trophic level of a food chain or web
(Ecological/Trophic) Pyramid
An assemblage of different populations that live together in a given area
Community
The process of converting nitrogen into usable forms for plants
Nitrogen Fixation
The process of trapping solar energy within Earth's atmosphere
Greenhouse Effect
Any organism that breaks down organic matter in order to feed, and recycles the nutrients back into the ecosystem
Decomposer
Each step in a food web or food chain
Trophic Level
All organisms that live in an area, together with their nonliving environment
Ecosystem
Process where chemical energy is used instead of sunlight in order to produce carbohydrates (glucose)
Chemosynthesis
A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
Biome
An organism that feeds on dead, organic matter; does not decompose
Detritivore
The amount of organic tissue within each trophic level of a food web/chain
Biomass
The entire planet, and all the biomes located on/within it.
Biosphere
Process of converting nitrates back into nitrogen (atmospheric) gas;
Denitrification
Terms used describe all living and nonliving organisms within an ecosystem (two terms)
Abiotic and Biotic