Ecosystems Part 1 Flashcards
All the living and nonliving things that interact with one another
ecosystem
A gas found in air that is used to make food by photosynthesis.
carbon dioxide
A gas found in air that is produced as waste during photosynthesis.
oxygen
The process that producers use to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
photosynthesis
Any organism that makes its own food.
producer
The process of moving blood in a large, complicated loop through the body.
circulation
An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.
consumer
The process that breaks down food into simple materials that an animal’s body can use.
digestion
An organism that eats meat.
carnivore
An organism that eats plant material.
herbivore
An organism that eats both animals and non-animal food.
omnivore
One group of organisms that are too small to be seen without a microscope. Many kinds of ________ are decomposers.
bacteria
A mixture of soil and decaying matter that provides the materials that plants need.
compost
An organism that breaks down dead organisms and wastes to live and grow.
decomposer
A group of organisms that are not plants or animals and that act as decomposers. Molds are _____.
fungi
