Biology- Ecosystems

A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem, showing how different organisms depend on each other for food.

An autotroph is an organism that makes its own food, typically through photosynthesis, using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.

Abiotic factors are the non-living components of an ecosystem, such as moisture, light, temperature, and minerals, that affect living organisms.

Biotic factors are the living components of an ecosystem, including plants, animals, and microorganisms, that interact with each other.

A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem, typically from producers to consumers to decomposers.

Decomposers break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil and making them available for plants.

A carnivore is an organism that primarily eats other animals.

A herbivore is an organism that primarily eats plants.

A producer is an organism, usually a plant, that can make its own food through photosynthesis.

A consumer is an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms for energy.