Unit 6 · Nature and EnvironmentTypes of Ecosystem
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- Terrestrial ecosystem: an ecosystem formed by the interrelationship of the biotic and abiotic elements found on land.
- Aquatic ecosystem: an ecosystem formed by the interrelationship of the biotic and abiotic elements found in water.
- Autotroph: an organism that makes its own food. All autotrophs are producers.
- Heterotroph: an organism that depends on other organisms for its food. All consumers are heterotrophs.
- Herbivore: an animal that eats only plants, such as the rabbit and the deer.
- Omnivore: an animal that eats both plants and animals.
- Carnivore: an animal that eats other animals, such as the tiger and the lion.
- Phytoplankton: the microscopic plants found in water.
- Zooplankton: the tiny water animals that live by eating microscopic plants, such as Cyclops and Daphnia.
- Decomposer: an organism that rots dead bodies into simple molecules and mixes them into the soil, such as bacteria and fungi.
- Wetland: marshy ground that stays soaked with water, counted among the aquatic ecosystems.