Producers Consumers and Decomposers

Phytoplankton

Omnivores

photosynthesis

Consumer (heterotrophs)

Glucose

number of flies

Producers (autotrophs)

Required for photosynthesis

Zooplankton

Oxygen

Decomposers

amount of rotten meat

Carnivore

Herbivores (primary consumers)

A process used by plants to acquire their own energy.

Organisms that only consume producers.

How are the number of flies effected by the amount of meat that is rotten in a garbage? Identify the dependent variable.

Organisms that eat both plants and animals

A sugar produced during photosynthesis by producers

How are the number of flies effected by the amount of meat that is rotten in a garbage? Identify the independent variable.

Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat to get energy

A waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis

Organisms that get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis

Tiny organisms usually found in large bodies of water that consume other small organisms.

Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes AND make nutrients in the soil.

Tiny photosynthetic organisms usually found in large bodies of water and are the most common producers in these waters

Organisms that eat only consumers.

Carbon Dioxide, water, and sunlight