Ecology Flashcards
What is the definition of heterophic?
A heterophic is an organism that cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for broth.
What is the definition of autotrophic?
An autotroph or producer is a organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances in its surroundings.
What is the definition of a producer?
A producer is a green plant that produces energy for the first consumer of the food chain.
What is the definition of consumers?
A consumer is something that eats or uses something.
What is the definition of herbivore?
A herbivore is an animal that feeds on plants.
What is the definition of a carnivore?
A carnivore is an animal that feeds on other animals.
What is the definition of omnivore?
An omnivore is an animal or person that eats both animals and plants.
What is the definition of detritvores?
A detritvore is a animal such as bacterium, fungus or insect that feeds on dead plants or animal matter.
What is the definition of decomposes?
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms.
what is a food chain?
A food chain is a series of organisms each dependant on the next level as a source of food.
What is a food Web?
A food web is a system of interlocking and independing food chains.
