This collection of essays by two world-renowned writers of Tibetan-Chinese relations offers powerful, empathetic, and analytical Insight into the economic, environmental, cultural, and political concerns of contemporary Tibet.
1. All living things fall into one of three categories: __producer__, __consumer__, and __decomposer___. 2. Producers are __organisms that make their own food through getting energy from the sun. _____. 3. All _____plants_____ are producers. 4. Four examples of producers are: a) _____pine tree_____ b) _____green plants_____ c) _____flower plants_____ d) _____grass_____ 5. Consumers are __organisms that need to eat to get energy/food_____. 6.
Decomposers break down (or consume) leaf litter, dead organisms and other detritus. In doing this they release nutrients trapped in the dead material back into the soil, making it available to plants and other primary producers, continuing the nutrient cycle of an ecosystem. General catagories of decomposers are: