Ecology EOC Review

Producers / Autotrophs

More than one organism may eat them.

It decreases.

The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

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Decomposers break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.

Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food, typically through photosynthesis.

A food web is a complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

Trophic levels represent the hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, defined by how organisms obtain energy.

A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass, while a food web is a more complex network of interconnected food chains.