3.3 Flashcards
Producers
make own energy
Primary Consumers
Animals that eat producers
Secondary Consumers
Animals that eat Primary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Animals that eat Secondary Consumers
Quaternary Consumers
Animals that eat Tertiary Consumers
Autotrophs
Plants
Heterotrophs
All Consumers
What are herbivores and at what level do you find them?
Animals that eat plants and primary.
What are omnivores and at what level do you find them?
Animals that eat plants and meat; both primary and above.
What are carnivores and at what level do you find them?
Animals that eat meat; secondary+
What is a detritivore?
An animal that eats dead animals.
Keystone species.
Important regulation effect on other species.
In a tropic Cascade, what does a solid arrow mean?
It has a direct effect.
In a tropic Cascade, what does a dashed arrow mean?
It has an indirect effect.
In a tropic Cascade, what does the minus sign mean?
The effects are negative.
