13.3 Energy in Ecosystems

Categorize each of the following organisms as either a producer or a consumer Producer Organism that makes its own food An oak tree Poison ivy Algae Broccoli Consumer Organism that gets energy by eating other organisms Mold Rabbit Amoeba Grizzly bear Almost all producers use what as their energy source? Other organisms Sunlight Chemicals Windmills What does the prefix "auto" mean? Automatic different Self Quickly What does the prefix "hetero" mean? Automatic different Self Quickly The other word for a consumer is... Autotroph Heterotroph Autoheterotroph Meat eater Sulfur-oxidizing gamma proteobacteria are an example of an organism that is chemosynthetic. What would this type of organism be classified as? Autoheterotroph Chemoheterotroph Chemoautotroph