Interactions in Ecosystems Flashcards
Producer
Producers are plants that make their own food
Consumer
Something that eats other organisms for food
Detrivore
consumer that eats large parts of dead animals
Decomposer
consumer that breaks down dead/decaying matter into simple substances
Food Chains
A model of how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another
Food Web
A model that shows how food chains are connected together
Pyramid of Numbers
shows the number of
organisms at each
level
Levels created in a Pyramid of Numbers?
producer,
primary consumer, secondary consumer and tertiary consumer.
The Carbon Cycle
The process where carbon dioxide gets created, consumed, then released into the air again
Evaporation
change of state from liquid to gas
Condensation
change of state from gas to liquid
Precipitation
rain or snow