| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 150 | The sun is approx. ___000 000 km from Earth |
| Glucose | A simple sugar |
| Photosynthesis | carbon dioxide + water --> glucose + oxygen |
| Autotroph | An organism that produces their own food |
| Producer | Another word for autotroph |
| Hetrotroph | An organism that doesn't produce its own food |
| Consumer | Another word for heterotroph |
| Primary | Animals that eat plants are called _______ consumers |
| Herbivore | Another word for a primary consumer |
| Secondary | Animals that eat primary consumers are called _________ consumers |
| Carnivore | Another word for a secondary consumer |
| Omnivores | Organims that are able to consume both plants and animals |
| Food chain | The interaction between producers, primary consumers and secondary consumers |
| Trophic | Links in food webs are called _______ levels |
| Food web | The interaction of food chains |
| Biodiversity | The number of different species present in a community |
| Unstable | A community with only a few species of plants is an ________ ecosystem |
| One | Energy in an ecosystem moves in ___ direction |
| More | There are ____ producers than consumers in a food chain |
| Organic matter | All matter that comes from living organisms |
| Carbon | All organic matter contains this element |
| Decomposers | Organic matter is recycled by ___________ |
| Detritus | Fragments of dead organic material present in soil |
| Detritivores | Organisms that eat & ingest detritus |
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