Ecosystems Flashcards
Producers
Green plants they are called producers because they produce their own food.
Peat lands park - algae
Consumers
Animals cant make their own food that is why they are called this.
They get their energy from eating plants or other animals
How many types of consumers are there and what are they called
3 types
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Herbivores
Only eat plants (primary)
Peat land park - tadpole
Carnivores
Eat other animals (secondary)
Peat lands park diving beetle
Omnivore
Eat both plants and animals
Decomposers
Fungi and bacteria in soil feed on dead animals, droppings and other waste material make things rot.
Photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide + water=glucose + oxygen
Living community
Plants
Animals
Bacteria
Humans
Non living community
Sunlight
Air
Water
Rocks + soil
Main driving force is and this affects
Climate
Soil, vegetation and animals
2 processes
Flow of energy
Cycle of nutrients
Soil
How thick and rich depends on climate
Rocks break down fastest in soil in hot damp climate.
Vegetation
Developed or adapted to suit climate and soil.
Plants grow fastest and thickest in hot damp sunny climate
Animals
Adapted to feed on plants or each other and cope with climate.