Organisms that make their own food are called?
What is a producer
Nonliving things such as water, soil, and weather that can affect living things are called _______.
What are abiotic factors
Populations of plants and animals in an area that depend on each other for food and shelter are a ____________.
What is a community
The model or diagram that shows the multiple, overlapping feeding relationships possible in an ecosystem
What is a food web
The study of the connection between living and nonliving things in an ecosystem
What is ecology
Living things such as plants and animals that can affect nonliving things are __________.
What are biotic factors
The model that shows a specific linear feeding relationship within an ecosystem
What is a food chain
The natural environment that an organism lives in
What is a habitat
The role of each organism within an ecosystem
What is a niche
The process where plants convert light energy from the sun into glucose (food) is called _____________.
What is photosnthesis
What type of living thing would be found at the TOP of a food web?
What is an apex predator (* or omnivore/ carnivore *or a top level consumer)
Organisms that break down waste material or dead organisms for food
What are decomposers