Ecosystem Components
These are living components of an ecosystem.
Biotic Factors
This is a type of nutrition in which organisms obtain energy by consuming other organisms or organic matter.
heterotrophic nutrition
They decompose organic matter, recycle nutrients, and form mutualistic relationships with other organisms.
Fungi
graphical representation of the feeding relationships and energy flow within an ecosystem
food web
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Phish food
How fungi get their food
Absorptive Nutrition
This is the process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria convert light energy into chemical energy in the form of glucose, using carbon dioxide and water
Photosynthesis
these animals help control prey populations, preventing overgrazing or overpopulation of certain species.
predators
A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms, arranged in trophic levels, representing the transfer of energy and nutrients through feeding interactions within an ecosystem
food chain
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Photosynthetic organisms found in aquatic environments
algae
This is a symbiotic relationship between two species in which both benefit from the interaction.
Mutualism
This is another name for something that eats the plants on a food chain (it's not herbivore)
Primary consumer
plants can make their own food- this is called something in nature. they are ______
Autotrophs
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Glacier freeze/ light blue
found in various environments including soil, water, and inside other organisms
bacteria
This is a symbiotic relationship between two species in which one benefits and one is harmed
Parasitic
This is the name of something that is usually at the top of the food chain and primarily a carnivore
Tertiary Consumer
animals eat other organisms to survive. they cannot make food on their own. this is known as being a ____
heterotroph
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vienna fingers (made by keebler, literaly so good I swear)
They provide oxygen and stabilize soil
plants
This is a symbiotic relationship between two species in which one benefits and one is unbothered
Commensalism
Something that is a carnivore but can also be eaten by something else in a food chain
Secondary Consumer
Why is the smallest populations of organisms at the top of food chains/ food webs?
Population control, energy flow, keeping the ecosystem and food chain balance in tact
What is my favorite number?
12