Feeding relationships Flashcards
1
Q
What is an autotroph?
A
Make their own food through photosynthesis
2
Q
What is a heterotroph?
A
Can’t make their own food therefore have to eat to survive
3
Q
What do decomposes do?
A
Breakdown organic matter and return the nutrients to the soil to be reused by plants
4
Q
What are the three types of carnivores
A
- Predators
- Scavengers
- Insectivores
5
Q
What are predators?
A
Animals which actively hunt to kill other animals.
6
Q
What are scavenges?
A
Eat animals that already dead
7
Q
What are insectivores?
A
Organisms that feed on insects
