Producers (autotrophs)
Glucose
Decomposers
Consumer (heterotrophs)
Omnivores
Oxygen
Required for photosynthesis
Phytoplankton
photosynthesis
Zooplankton
Carnivore
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
Controlled Variable
Herbivores (primary consumers)
Variable we make different in an experiment or test.
Organisms that get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis
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 eat both plants and animals
Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes AND make nutrients in the soil.
A sugar produced during photosynthesis by producers
Variable that we make the same in an experiment
Variable that we measure during an experiment
A waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis
Tiny organisms usually found in large bodies of water that consume other small organisms.
A process used by plants to acquire their own energy.
Organisms that only consume producers.
Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat to get energy
Carbon Dioxide, water, and sunlight