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Vocabulary Auto- Hetero- -troph Bio - Hydro- Photo- Chemo- -synthesis Word Meaning Auto- Hetero- -troph Bio - Hydro- Photo- Chemo- -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- -troph Bio - Hydro- Photo- Chemo- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- -troph Bio - Hydro- Photo- Chemo- -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Bio - Hydro- Photo- Chemo- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Bio - Hydro- Photo- Chemo- -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Hydro- Photo- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Hydro- Photo- Chemo- -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Photo- Chemo- -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Water Photo- Chemo- -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Water Photo- Light Chemo- -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Water Photo- Light Chemo- Chemical -synthesis
Vocabulary Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Word Meaning Auto- Self Hetero- Other -troph Feeder Bio - Life Hydro- Water Photo- Light Chemo- Chemical -synthesis to make from
Sunlight is the main energy source for life on earth. Organic = anything found in or produced by living things (oxygen, carbon dioxide) Inorganic = things not found in or produced by living things (sunlight)
______________________are organisms that make their own food
Autotrophs are organisms that make their own food
Auto means “self”, troph means “feeder” Autotroph – “self feeder””
Another name for autotrophs is producers because they produce their own food.
Plants are autotrophs that make their own food from sunlight, water, and air. This process is called Photosynthesis
Some bacteria make their food from chemicals Some bacteria make their food from chemicals. This is called __________________.
Some bacteria make their food from chemicals Some bacteria make their food from chemicals. This is called chemosynthesis.
Heterotrophs/ consumers are organisms that need to eat other things Heterotrophs/ consumers are organisms that need to eat other things. They cannot make their own food.
Hetero means “__________” Another name for heterotrophs is_______________ because they consume food Examples – other consumers
Food Chains & Food Webs Visuals used to show feeding interactions between organisms. Arrows always point to the organism that is…. Eating the other
By eating other organisms, heterotrophs get ________ for performing life processes. Ex: Energy
Each level of a food chain or web has a name: