3.3 Flashcards

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What is the producer trophic level?

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They produce food for other animals, normally plants

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What is the primary consumer trophic level?

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Eat the producers, normally herbivores

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What is the secondary consumer trophic level?

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Eat the primary consumers, normally carnivores or detrivores

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What is the tertiary consumer trophic level?

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Eat any of the consumer levels, carnivores

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Autotroph vs. Heterotroph

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Autotrophs produce their own food. Heterotrophs get food from other organisms.

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What is a herbivore?

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eats plants

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What is a omnivore?

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eats meat and plants

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What is a carnivore?

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eats meat

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What is a detrivore?

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eats dead stuff

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What is the difference between a food web and a tropic cascade chart?

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food web shows what eats what, trophic cascade chart shows how the organisms affect each other

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