Sunday, October 14, 2012

Organisms in Microcommunities

Motile: Organisms that move
Sessile: Organisms that do not move
Producer: Makes their own food using the suns energy
Consumer: Eats other animals for food
Autotroph: Self sustaning
Heterotroph: Eat other organisms


Volvox

They are motile.
 They are a consumer.
They are heterotrophic.

Spirostomum

They are consumers
They are motile
They are heterotrophic



Spirogyra
Spirogyra are sessile
Spirogyra are producers
Spirogyra are autotrophic



Amoeba
Amoebas are motile
Amoebas are consumers
Amoebas are heterotrophic


Oscillatoria
Oscillatorila is motile
Oscillatoria is a producer
Oscillatoria is an autotroph

Flagella
Flagella are motile
Flagella are consumers
if its autotroph or heterotroph,It depends on the flagellate




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