Relier Pairs Producers Consumers and Decomposers 2Version en ligne assignment par Benjamin D Morgan 1 Herbivores (primary consumers) 2 Producers (autotrophs) 3 Required for photosynthesis 4 Carnivore 5 Phytoplankton 6 photosynthesis 7 Dependent Variable 8 Glucose 9 Decomposers 10 Controlled Variable 11 Zooplankton 12 Independent Variable 13 Omnivores 14 Oxygen 15 Consumer (heterotrophs) Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat to get energy Organisms that get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis Tiny photosynthetic organisms usually found in large bodies of water and are the most common producers in these waters Organisms that only consume producers. A process used by plants to acquire their own energy. Tiny organisms usually found in large bodies of water that consume other small organisms. Variable that we make the same in an experiment Variable we make different in an experiment or test. Carbon Dioxide, water, and sunlight Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes AND make nutrients in the soil. Variable that we measure during an experiment A waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis Organisms that eat both plants and animals Organisms that eat only consumers. A sugar produced during photosynthesis by producers