Heterotrophs
How does the amount of decomposers effect how quickly an organism decomposes? Identify a possible controlled variable.
Omnivores
Phytoplankton
Glucose
Decomposers
Consumer
How does the amount of decomposers effect how quickly an organism decomposes? Identify the dependent variable.
Producers
Zooplankton
How does the amount of decomposers effect how quickly an organism decomposes? Identify the Independent variable.
Herbivores
Required for photosynthesis (reactants)
Autotrophs
Examples of consumers
Oxygen
Carnivores
Carbon Dioxide, Water, and sunlight
Size of the organism
Amount of decomposers
Organisms that only consume producers.
Tiny photosynthetic organisms usually found in large bodies of water and are the most common producers in these waters
Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat to get energy
A waste product produce by producers during photosynthesis
Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes.
Organisms that eat both plants and animals.
Tiny organisms usually found in large bodies of water that consume other small organisms.
Another name for a producer
Organisms that eat only consumers.
Organisms that get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
Time the organisms takes to decompose
Another name for a consumer
A sugar produced during photosynthesis by producers
Animals, fungi and most protists
