What is the difference between a detritivore and a decomposer?
While detritivores feed on dead organic matter, decomposers actually break down dead or decaying organisms.
What is the main difference between food chains and food webs?
Food webs are more complex than simple food chains.
Taj incorrectly states that autotrophs are also known as consumers that need to feed on other organisms, including plants and animals, to gain energy. Which of the following best describes consumers that feed on other organisms such as plants and animals for energy?
heterotrophs
Which of the following is the first trophic level in every ecosystem?
autotroph
What is the relationship between matter and energy in an ecosystem?
Matter and energy are cycled through the ecosystem.
