Ecosystems 1
something that produces food for itself
What is a producer?
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Give an example of an Omnivore
What is a gorilla, hog, racoon, human
An organism that lives off of another organism without producing food
What is a Heterotroph
What happens when you go down the food pyramid
The energy level goes down
Fungi are on the food chain and they are responsible for ________________
What is breaking down decaying materils
What is an organism that only eats plants
what is a herbivore?
An organism that does not make its own food but has to rely on another organism for food.
What is a heterotroph?
At the bottom of the food pyramid, what are those organisms called
What are producers
An organism that eats plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
What are scavengers?
Breaks down dead material and dead organisms
What is a decomposer?
Vulture is eating a dead animal it is a
What is a scavenger
What is an example of a decomposer
What is a mushroom or bacteria?
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
What does a food web show
How animals rely on each other in an environment to live.
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis
An animal the eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
On the pyramid what is the organism that eats the producer called
What are primary consumers?
How do plants use sunlight??
using photosynthesis, they are able to change light into chemical energy