Ecology SEC 2 VOCAB

Process by which organisms use direct sunlight to make their own food:

• photosynthesis

• ketosis

• autointoxication

• decomposition

Organisms that use sunlight to make their own food:

• producers

• consumers

• scavengers

• decomposers

Organisms that eat other organisms for food are called:

• consumers

• producers

• autotrophs

• decomposers

A consumer that eats only plants:

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

A consumer that eats animals is called a (an):

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

Consumers that eat both plants and animals:

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• scavenger

Omnivores that eat dead plants and animals are called:

• scavengers

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

Organisms, such as mushrooms and bacteria, that get energy by breaking down dead organisms:

• decomposers

• scavengers

• carnivores

• omnivores

A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between ALL the organisms in an ecosystem:

• food chain

• food web

• cladogram

• energy pyramid

A diagram that shows ONE possible pathway that energy flows from one organism to another:

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• cladogram