Food Chains
a description of the feeding relationships between organisms in an environment
what are food chains?
an organism such as bacteria and fungi that breaks down plant and animal materials into minerals and releases them back into the ground
what are decomposers?
organisms that eat other organisms for energy
what are consumers?
biotic factors that make their own food using water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide. (plants)
what are producers?
the process by which plants use light energy from the sun to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar/glucose
what is photosynthesis?
name the order in which things come in a food chain
what is producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, decomposer?(optional:tertiary consumer, apex predator)
composting
what is the process of decomposers decomposing compostable materials?
6CO2+6H2O+sunlight --> C6H12O6+6O2
what is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?