Ch. 3 study guide & diagrams

A collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, including the nonliving environment

• Autotroph

• Consumer

• Producer

• ecosystem

a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar dominant communities

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

Break down organic matter

• Decomposer

• detritivore

• photosynthesis

• chemosynthesis

contains the combined portions of the planet in which all of life exists

• Biome

• Consumer

• Biosphere

• photosynthesis

Eat animals

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• detritivore

eat both plants and animals

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• detritivore

• Carnivore

eat plants only

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• detritivore

feed on plant and animal remains and other dead matter

• carnivore

• Herbivore

• detritivore

• Omnivore

heterotrophs are also known as this

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• heterotroph

make their own food

• detritivore

• heterotroph

• producer

• autotroph