Autotrophs
This term describes organisms that produce their own food and play a crucial role in generating energy-storing molecules in an ecosystem.
What are autotrophs or primary producers?
These consumers directly eat producers and are essential for energy transfer in ecosystems.
What are primary consumers?
This is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems on Earth.
What is the sun?
This process occurs in autotrophs and converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, using energy from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
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Who are Simon & Toad?
These are the two main types of autotrophs that obtain energy through different processes.
What are photosynthesizers and chemosynthesizers?
These organisms chemically break down dead material and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.
What are decomposers?
This is the process of autotrophs taking energy from chemical compounds to generate their own energy storing compounds.
What is chemosynthesis?
This gas, composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms, is a key component of the carbon cycle.
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
This biome is known for its high level of precipitation, warm temperatures, and being close to the equator.
What is the tropical rainforest biome?
This process converts sunlight into chemical energy in plants.
What is photosynthesis?
These organisms consume dead plant material and help with decomposition, but are not the same as decomposers.
What are detritivores?
This complex network illustrates how various food chains interconnect within an ecosystem.
What is a food web?
This process involves liquid water turning into a gaseous form.
What is evaporation?
These include all the non-living parts of an ecosystem (water, sunlight, rocks, soil, atmosphere).
What are abiotic factors?
Scientists are studying photosynthesis in a forest ecosystem that has plants, animals, and decomposer isopods. Which group or groups of organisms in the forest carry out photosynthesis?
Plants
These organisms feed on dead animals and help clean up the environment by consuming carcasses.
What are scavengers?
Of all the energy present in a trophic level, only this percentage of energy transfers to the next level up as organisms consume their food.
What is 10%?
This body of water acts as both a carbon sink and a major part of the water cycle.
What are oceans?
This biome is characterized by hot temperatures, low precipitation, and adaptations in plants and animals to conserve water.
What is the desert biome?
Photosynthetic autotrophs take in this molecule from the atmosphere.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
What are the six types of heterotrophs?
1. Herbivores
2. Carnivores
3. Omnivores
4. Detritivores
5. Decomposers
6. Scavengers
This phenomenon explains why energy transfer between trophic levels is not very efficient.
What is energy loss due to metabolic processes and heat?
This process involves plants giving off water vapor from their leaves.
What is transpiration?
This biome is characterized by warm temperatures, seasonal rainfall, and an extensive cover of grasses with scattered trees, often home to diverse wildlife such as elephants and lions.
What is the savanna biome?