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Ecology – mix and match Cut out the definitions and match them to the appropriate keywords. Keyword Definition biodiversity an organism which consumes plants and animals carnivore an organism which consumes plants chloroplasts a plant at the start of a food chain decomposition an organism which consumes animals food chain food web the part of the plant cell where photosynthesis takes place the order in which energy is passed from a producer to consumers as food habitat an animal which hunts and eats other animals herbivore the number and variety of all living things nutrients predator pyramid of numbers omnivore photosynthesis a group of related organisms which are capable of breeding to produce fertile offspring food chains joined together to show the complex feeding relationships in a habitat an organism which consumes organisms from the second trophic level of a food chain an organism which consumes organisms from the first trophic level of a food chain use of the Sun’s energy to make glucose in green plant cells producer chemicals needed for living things to grow primary consumer an organism which consumes organisms from the third trophic level of a food chain secondary consumer breakdown of organic material by bacteria and fungi species tertiary consumer © www.teachitscience.co.uk 2012 a diagram to show the numbers of organisms at each stage of a food chain the area where an organism lives, including biotic and abiotic factors 19217 Page 1 of 2 Ecology – mix and match Answers: Keyword Definition biodiversity the number and variety of all living things carnivore an organism which consumes animals chloroplasts the part of the plant cell where photosynthesis takes place decomposition breakdown of organic material by bacteria and fungi food chain food web habitat the order in which energy is passed from a producer to consumers as food food chains joined together to show the complex feeding relationships in a habitat the area where an organism lives, including biotic and abiotic factors herbivore an organism which consumes plants nutrients chemicals needed for living things to grow predator an animal which hunts and eats other animals pyramid of numbers a diagram to show the numbers of organisms at each stage of a food chain omnivore an organism which consumes plants and animals photosynthesis use of the Sun’s energy to make glucose in green plant cells producer a plant at the start of a food chain primary consumer secondary consumer species tertiary consumer © www.teachitscience.co.uk 2012 an organism which consumes organisms from the first trophic level of a food chain an organism which consumes organisms from the second trophic level of a food chain a group of related organisms which are capable of breeding to produce fertile offspring an organism which consumes organisms from the third trophic level of a food chain 19217 Page 2 of 2
