Producers (autotrophs)
Required for photosynthesis
Consumer (heterotrophs)
Oxygen
Carnivore
number of flies
Glucose
photosynthesis
Decomposers
Omnivores
amount of rotten meat
Zooplankton
Herbivores (primary consumers)
Phytoplankton
Carbon Dioxide, water, and sunlight
Organisms that get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis
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.
Tiny organisms usually found in large bodies of water that consume other small organisms.
Organisms that eat only consumers.
Tiny photosynthetic organisms usually found in large bodies of water and are the most common producers in these waters
Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes AND make nutrients in the soil.
How are the number of flies effected by the amount of meat that is rotten in a garbage? Identify the dependent variable.
A waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis
Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat to get energy
Organisms that only consume producers.
A process used by plants to acquire their own energy.
Organisms that eat both plants and animals
