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ch 2 ecology
science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| consumers are also called? | Heterotrophic |
| herbivores are animals that only eat? | plants (Ex. Deer) |
| carnivores are animals that only eat? | meat (Ex. Lion) |
| omnivores are animals that eat? | both meat and plant (Ex. humans) |
| Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food are called | producers |
| A organism that eats a producer | Primary consumer |
| is a diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another | A food chain |
| is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem | food web |
| is a diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy | Energy pyramid |
| is an organism that eats a primary consumer | secondary consumer |
| a oraganism that eats a secondary consumer | Tertiary consumer |
| organism that does not count on other organisms for energy | autotrophic |
| Organisms that return nutrients back into the soil | Detritvores |
| organisms that eat dead organisms | scavengers |
| organisms that break down dead matter | decomposers |
| provides energy for all living things | sun |
| Photosynesis | a process which plants do to produce energy for themselves |
| organisms can be divided into 3 groups | 1.decomposers 2.consumers 3.producers |