bio vocab

autotroph

• organism that can make it's own food

• the process that converts light soil and water in to food

• waste or debris of any kind

• a series of organisms that rely on the next as a source of food

Chemosynthesis:

• the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy

•  a organism which needs food because it can’t make its own food (more commonly in animals

• a series of organism dependent on the next as a food source 

• a graphical representation showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem.

Photosynthesis

• the process of which plants turn sunlight, water and soil into nutrients/food for itself

• a renewable material that comes from plants and animals

• the microbial process of reducing nitrate and nitrite to gaseous forms of nitrogen

• The nutrient which is present in the least quantity in an ecosystem

a organism that can make its own food (more commonly in plants and same meaning as primary producers)

• Autotroph/Primary Producer

• Heterotrophs/Consumers

• food chain

• food web

a organism which needs food because it can’t make its own food (more commonly in animals

• Autotroph/Primary Producer

• Heterotrophs/Consumers

• food chain

• food web

Detritus

• waste or debris of any kind.

• the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy

• the process of which plants turn sunlight, water and soil into nutrients/food for itself

• a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains 

a series of organism dependent on the next as a food source 

• Food Chain

• Food Web

 a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains 

• Food Chain

• Food Web

Trophic Level

• the position of an organism in the food chain

• a graphical representation showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem.

• a renewable material that comes from plants and animals

• molecules in food organisms need to grow, make energy, develop and reproduce 

Ecological Pyramid

• a graphical representation showing the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem.

• the position of an organism in the food chain

• a series of organism dependent on the next as a food source

• the microbial process of reducing nitrate and nitrite to gaseous forms of nitrogen