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| organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own foodfrom inorganic compounds also called a producer |
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| organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food from inorganic componds also called an antotroph |
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| process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches. |
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| process by which some organisms, such as cerrtain bacteria use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates |
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| organism that obtains energy from the foods it comsumes |
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| organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply. |
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| organism that obtains energy by eating only plants. |
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| organism that obtains energy by eating animals |
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| organism that obtains energy by eating both animals and plants. |
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| organims that feeds on plants and animals remains and other dead matter. |
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| organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter. |
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| series of steps in ecosystem in which organism transfer energy by eating and being eaten. |
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| network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationshcips among the various organisms in an ecosystem. |
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| step in a food chain or food web |
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| diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter. |
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| total amount of living tissue. |
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| process of elements, chemical compounds and other forms of matter |
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| water is taken into the air. |
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| monomer of nucleic acids made of a 5 carbon. |
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| process of converting nitrogens into ammonia |
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| matter is created by producers |
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| increase amount of energy in algae and other producers that results from a large input of a limiting nutrient. |
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