The Local Environment

Autotrophs

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Self feeding able to feed for yourself

Primary Producers

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Organsims are the first prodcues of complex compunds

Photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide+Water+Energy of making there own food

Respiration

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Breaking down gluclose into food and energy

Heterotrophs

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Depend on there own, finding there own. Store energy

Decomposers

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Fungi and Bacteria breaking down and decomposing the complex molecules in decaying plants and animals

Liquid Feeders

Feed only on liquids

Phytoplankton

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Drifting plants

Zooplankton

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Drifting Animals

Filter Feeds

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Mouthparts are there gills in what they eat

Food Chains/Food Webs

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An Ecosystem where food is connected by the consumer and the and producer

Biomass

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Ecosystem of a mass of living material in the area energy is produced and stored

Trophic Level

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Level of consumers eating the food

Nutrient and Water Cycle

Waste Feeders

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Dung Beatles and feed primarly on detrius bits of decaying plants