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