3.3 Flashcards
What is the producer trophic level?
They produce food for other animals, normally plants
What is the primary consumer trophic level?
Eat the producers, normally herbivores
What is the secondary consumer trophic level?
Eat the primary consumers, normally carnivores or detrivores
What is the tertiary consumer trophic level?
Eat any of the consumer levels, carnivores
Autotroph vs. Heterotroph
Autotrophs produce their own food. Heterotrophs get food from other organisms.
What is a herbivore?
eats plants
What is a omnivore?
eats meat and plants
What is a carnivore?
eats meat
What is a detrivore?
eats dead stuff
What is the difference between a food web and a tropic cascade chart?
food web shows what eats what, trophic cascade chart shows how the organisms affect each other