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Ecology Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Producer | Organisms that photosynthesise |
| Consumer | Cannot make their own organic molecules |
| Saprophytes | Decomposers that break down dead organic matter by extracellular digestion |
| Food chain | Diagram to show what eats what (arrows show energy flow) |
| Food web | Shows feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
| Trophic level | Feeding level in food web |
| Autotrophs | Make own food using external energy source (sun) |
| Heterotrophs | Can't make own food (consumers) get it from surroundings |
| Detrivore | Animal feeds off detritus (rotting organic matter) |
| Humus | Rotting organic matter in soil |
| poo | it somes out when you poo |