Match the terms to these definitions
Estuary, savanna, taiga, food web, food chain, trophic level, detritus, biome,
Eutrophication, grassland, permafrost, plankton, Prairie, autotrophs, heterotrophs,
ecological pyramids
..........Need a preformed source of organic nutrients

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Heterotrophs cannot produce their own. food and they consume it from the producer or from another consumer.
So, the correct option is 'heterotroph'

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Q. Match the terms to these definitions
Estuary, savanna, taiga, food web, food chain, trophic level, detritus, biome,
Eutrophication, grassland, permafrost, plankton, Prairie, autotrophs, heterotrophs,
ecological pyramids
..........End of a river where fresh water and salt water mix as they meet

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(c) ecosystem
(d) food chain

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Distinguish between:

(a) Grazing food chain and detritus food chain

(b) Production and decomposition

(d) Food chain and food web

(e) Litter and detritus

(f) Primary and secondary productivity

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Match the terms to these definitionsEstuary, savanna, taiga, food web, food chain, trophic level, detritus, biome, Eutrophication, grassland, permafrost, plankton, Prairie, autotrophs, heterotrophs, ecological pyramids..........Need a preformed source of organic nutrients

Heterotrophs cannot produce their own. food and they consume it from the producer or from another consumer.So, the correct option is 'heterotroph'

Match the terms to these definitions
Estuary, savanna, taiga, food web, food chain, trophic level, detritus, biome,
Eutrophication, grassland, permafrost, plankton, Prairie, autotrophs, heterotrophs,
ecological pyramids
..........Need a preformed source of organic nutrients

Heterotrophs cannot produce their own. food and they consume it from the producer or from another consumer.
So, the correct option is 'heterotroph'