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Energy flow & ecosys
Question | Answer |
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Autotrophs | Plants which make there own food by the process of photosynthesis |
Heterotrophs | Organisms which cannot make there own food. |
Herbivores | Eat only vegetation |
Carnivores | Eat only meat |
Omnivores | Eat meat and vegetation |
Detrivores (decomposers) | Eat dead materials |
Chemosynthesis | Source of energy: -Chemicals |
metabolism | All the chemical process taking place in living organisms |
10 percent energy is | The amount of energy which passes from one tropic level to the next tropic level. |
90 percent energy is used for | Metabolic activities. |