Ecology Basics Practice

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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A producer, also known as an autotroph, is an organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

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A consumer, also known as a heterotroph, is an organism that cannot produce its own food and instead obtains energy by consuming other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil and helping to recycle matter in the ecosystem.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains that illustrates how different organisms in an ecosystem are related through feeding relationships.

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What is a habitat?

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A habitat is the natural environment in which an organism lives, providing the necessary resources for survival.

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What is a niche?

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A niche refers to the role or function of an organism within its ecosystem, including its habitat, resource use, and interactions with other organisms.

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What is biodiversity?

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Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of different species and their relative abundance.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.

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What is an autotroph?

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An autotroph is an organism that produces its own food from inorganic substances, typically through photosynthesis.