What 2 broader groups can orgnaisms be diveded into?
Producers (autotrops)
Consumers (heterotrohps)
What are included in Producers (Autotrops)?
Include those that use solar energy (photosynthesizers) and those that use chimcal energy (chemosynthetizers)
What are included in Heterotrophs?
Aerobs (use oxygen)
Anerobs (use other oxidants)
fermenters (doesnt oxidize organic matter, get energy from the food they consume)
What do populations of organisms live in?
Comminuties
How is the flow of energy through ecosystems often dispalyed?
As a food chain from producers to consumers and decomposers.
Are the natural communites relationships forming a web or a chain?
web
What is it called when species live mutually beneficial form eachother?
Symbiosis
What happens after a disturbance in an ecosystem?
Ecosystem repsonds with a predictable succession of organisms, from oppurtunistic, fast growing species to slower growing but ultimately more competetive.
