Our Dynamic Earth Cue Cards Flashcards
a number of food chains joined together
Food Webs
The green-coloured chemical in plants that absorbs light energy used in photosynthesis to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
Chlorophyll
organisms that use photosynthesis to make their own food from the sun.
Producers
Animals that eat other animals
Carnivore
Organisms of one particular species in a given area at one time
Population
a group of organisms with many features in common that can mate with each to produce fertile young under natural conditions
Species
a diagram showing feeding relationships in an ecosystem
Food Chain
a feeding level within a food chain
Trophic Level
organisms that can produce their own nutrients
Autotrophs
Organisms that rely on other organisms for food
Consumers
Animals that only eat plants
Herbivore
Animals that eat plants and other animals
Omnivore
organism that eats secondary consumers
Tertiary Consumer
a relationship where one organism benefits without affecting the other
Commensalism
the chemical reaction involving oxygen that moves the energy in glucose into compound ATP
Cellular Respiration
organisms that depend on another organism to supply their complex molecules and energy
Heterotrophs
A process which carbon dioxide, water and energy from the sun to produce food in the form of sugar.
Photosynthesis
small organisms that break down dead and decaying matter.
Decomposers
organisms that eat plants
Primary Consumer
a relationship between two organisms in which both benefit
Mutualism
organisms that consume detritus; that is decomposing plant and/or animal parts or faeces
Detritivores
organism that eats primary consumers.
Secondary Consumer
the range of environmental conditions in which a species can survive
Tolerance Range
the organism on which a parasite feeds
Host
