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Ecology
terms related to ecology
Question | Answer |
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Producer | An organism that makes its own food with the help of sunlight, chlorophyll, CO2, and H2O by the process of photosynthesis. All green plants are producers. |
Autotroph | All green plants are autotrophs - auto means 'self' and troph means ' food' |
Herbivores | Organisms that feed only on plants for their food |
Consumers | Living organisms that eat plants directly or indirectly |
Carnivores | Organisms that eat other animals for their food |
Omnivores | Organisms that feed on both plants and animals for their food |
Biotic | Living factors in an environment |
Abiotic | Non-living factors in an environment |
Heterotrophs | All consumers are called heterotrophs |
Decomposer | An organism that feeds on dead organic matter for their food and helps the environment by adding nutrients to the soil |
Predator | An organism that hunts on another animal for its food |
Prey | An organism that gets hunted |
Scavenger | An animal that feeds on dead organisms, especially a carnivorous animal that eats dead animals rather than or in addition to hunting live prey. |
Ecology | Branch of science that deals with study of organisms and their interactions with abiotic factors. |