Ecosystems Edexcel GCSE biology
Producer - correct answer A plant that photosynthesises to produce food
Consumer - correct answer An animal that eats plants or other animals
Decomposer - correct answer Bacteria or fungi that decay dead material to
recycle nutrients
Population - correct answer All the organisms of a particular species found in
an ecosystem at any one time
Community - correct answer The populations of all the species found in an
ecosystem at any one time
Habitat - correct answer The place where a specific organism lives within an
ecosystem e.g. pond water for a tadpole
Ecosystem - correct answer A distinct self-supporting system of organisms
interacting with each other and a physical environment, such as a mangrove swamp
Examples of producers - correct answer Greens plants, phytoplankton and
brown seaweed
Trophic levels - correct answer The feeding levels in a food chain E.g.
producers, consumers etc.
Amount of energy transferred to each trophic level - correct answer 10%
