Ecology

Question 1

Carnivore

Answer 1

Organism that obtains energy by eating animals

Question 2

Omnivore

Answer 2

Organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals

Question 3

Detrivore

Answer 3

Organism that feeds on plants and animal remains and other dead matter

Question 4

Herbivore

Answer 4

Organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

Question 5

Producer

Answer 5

Organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food from inorganic compounds; also called an autotroph

Question 6

Trophic level

Answer 6

Step in a food chain or web

Question 7

Autotroph

Answer 7

organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer

Question 8

Heterotroph

Answer 8

Organism that obtains energy from the food it consumes; also called a consumer

Question 9

Food web

Answer 9

Network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem

Question 10

Food chain

Answer 10

Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

Question 11

Primary consumer

Answer 11

(in the food chain) an animal that feeds on plants; a herbivore.

Question 12

Secondary consumer

Answer 12

.(in the food chain) a carnivore that feeds only upon herbivores.

Question 13

Tertiary consumer

Answer 13

.a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.