Producers
A group of organisms that are consumed in a linear order, passing energy and nutrients along the way
Food Chain
A consumer that eats producers directly is called a ___________________ consumer
Primary
waste or debris made up of dead plants, dead bodies and fecal material
Detritus
All of the food chains in an ecosystem
Food Web
A consumer that eats primary consumers is called a _________________ consumer
Secondary
An organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material. Many of these are a type of carnivore, which is an organism that eats meat
Scavenger
producers are organisms that make their own food - which means they are...
Autotrophs
consumers cannot make their own food and depend on other organisms for energy - which means they can also be called...
Heterotrophs
Organisms that digest dead matter internally, recycling matter in the process. These are usually animals.
Detritivores
A Producer contains _____ % of the energy on an Energy Pyramid.
100%
A consumer that eats secondary consumers is called a ___________________ consumer
Tertiary
Organisms that use extracellular digestion, secreting chemicals to break down the dead matter. These are usually fungi.
Saprotrophs
The two kinds of producers are called _______________ and ________________. One kind uses the sun to make food and the other gets energy from chemicals compounds like hydrogen sulfide, methane or ammonium.
photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs
A consumer or predator at the very top of the food chain is called an _______________ consumer
Apex
An organism that lives on land is called ______________ and an organism that lives in the water is called _______________________
Terrestrial / Aquatic