Study Guide(sent home on 1/22)
Aquatic - relating to waterAutotrophs - ProducersCarbon Dioxide - Plants need this for PhotosynthesisCarnivore - organism that obtains energy by eating animalsConsumers - Organisms that eat living producers and/or
Decomposers - Organisms that break down the dead remains
of other organisms such as bacteria and fungiDetritus - wastes and remains of dead organismsEnergy - The ability to do work. In an ecosystem, the ultimate
source of energy is the sun.Food Chain - simple model that shows how matter and energy
move through an ecosystem through feeding relationshipsFood Web - a diagram that shows ALL of the feeding
relationships between organisms in an ecosystemHerbivore - An organism that eats producersHeterotrophs - Organisms that cannot make their own food.
They consume other organisms.Omnivores - Organisms that eat both plants and animalsPhotosynthesis - process by which producers use the sun's
energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugarsPrimary Consumers - Organisms that eat producers.Producer - an organism that makes its own food from
photosynthesis (plants, algae, plankton, etc.)Secondary Consumers - Organisms that eat primary
consumers.Sugar - Plants produce this in PhotosynthesisTerrestrial - relating to the landThird Level Consumers - Organisms that eat primary and
secondary consumers.Trophic levels - each energy level in a food chain or food web
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