Gerald is studying the plants and animals of a meadow. he classifies the grasses and clover as because they make their own food through the process of he classifies insects that feed on the clover as because he thinks they eat only plant matter not animal matter

autotroph/producer; photosynthesis; herbivores/heterotrophs/consumers

Explination:

autotroph/producer: makes own food

photosynthesis: how plants make their own food using light, water, and CO2

Herbivore: only eats plants

heterotroph/consumer: does not make its own food

the three components of a nucleotide are the nitrogenous base, the phosphate group and the five-carbon sugar.