Ecosystem
something that produces food for itself
Producers
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
scavengers
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, bugs
some examples of decomposers
something that eats something else for food
Consumer
How animals rely on each other in an environment to live is called
food web
What is passed up a food chain or web from lower to higher trophic levels?
Energy
the living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment is called
An ecosystem
A ----------------outlines who eats whom
Food chain
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
photosynthesis
A relationship when both benefit each other.
Mutualism
Any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
herbivore
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
omnivore
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things
decomposer
The feeding positions in a food chain or web are called
Trophic levels
What percentage of energy at one level is available to the next trophic level?
10%