Ecological Roles and Energy Acquisition Vocabulary

Autotrophs and Primary Production

• Autotroph (نئاك يتاذ ةيذغتلا):

  • Definition: An organism that produces its own food using sunlight or inorganic substances.
  • Arabic Rendering: نئاك عنصي هءاذغ هسفنب مادختساب ءوض سمشلا وأ داوم ريغ ةيوضع.

• Producer / Primary Producer (جتنم / جتنم يلوأ):

  • Definition: An organism that makes food and forms the base of most ecosystems.
  • Arabic Rendering: نئاك عنصي هءاذغ لكشبو ساسأ مظعم ةمظنألا ةيئيبلا.

Heterotrophs and Consumer Categories

• Heterotroph (نئاك ريغ يتاذ):

  • Definition: An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.
  • Arabic Rendering: نئاك لصحي ىلع ةقاطلا نع قيرط كالهتسا تانئاك ةيح ىرخأ.

• Consumer:

  • Definition: Another name for a heterotroph.
  • Arabic Rendering: مسا رخآ نئاكلل ريغ يتاذ ةيذغتلا.

• Herbivore:

  • Definition: An organism that eats plants.
  • Arabic Rendering: نئاك ىذغتي ىلع تاتابنلا.

• Carnivore:

  • Definition: An organism that eats other animals.
  • Arabic Rendering: نئاك ىذغتي ىلع تاناويحلا ىرخألا.

• Omnivore:

  • Definition: An organism that eats both plants and animals.
  • Arabic Rendering: نئاك ىذغتي ىلع تاتابنلا تاناويحلاو.

Ecosystem Recyclers and Decomposers

• Detritivore:

  • Definition: An organism that eats fragments of dead organisms.
  • Arabic Rendering: نئاك ىذغتي ىلع ءازجأ نم داوملا تانئاكلاو ةتيملا.

• Decomposer:

  • Definition: An organism that breaks down dead matter and returns nutrients to the environment.