3.3 Trophic Levels Flashcards
Definition of Trophic Levels
The position of an organism within the food web
Definition of Autotroph
An organism that can produce its own food using sunlight, water, ect.
Definition of Heterotroph
An organism that cannot produce its own food
Definition of Omnivore
An organism that eats both plants and animals
Definition of Carnivore
An organism that eats animals
Definition of Herbivore
An organism that eats plants
Definition of Detritivore
An organism that eats dead organic material
What is the difference between a food web and a Trophic Cascade?
A food web shows the Trophic Levels of organisms while a tropic Cascade shows their effects on each other.
What is the Trophic level of an organism that feeds on producers only?
Primary Consumer (1)
If predators eat herbivores which eat plants what is all of their relations.
Predator (-)
^–Herbivore (-)
^–Plants
