Ecology Basics

Producer

Consumer

Decomposer

Human

It would cause consumers to consume less.

It would prevent decomposers from decomposing matter.

It would prevent producers from producing nutrients

It would not disrupt the food web at all.

Primary consumers eat only plants; secondary consumers eat other consumers.

Primary consumers eat other consumers; secondary consumers eat only plants.

Primary consumers eat plants and other consumers; secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter.

. Primary consumers eat plants and decompose matter; secondary consumers eat plants and other consumers.

They are primary consumers.

They are producers.

They are secondary consumers

They are decomposers.

Parthenogenesis

Photosynthesis

Meiosis

Mitosis

Food webs contain only producers, not consumers.

. Food webs do not include decomposers

Food webs contain many different, linked food chains.

Food webs exist in aquatic environments; food chains exist in terrestrial environments.

Every food chain depends entirely on a single species.

Food chains are extremely fragile.

Food chains can regenerate on their own.

Food chains would not exist without humans.

By what they eat

By how they breathe

By their size

By their species

A primary consumer

A secondary consumer

A decomposer

A producer