Ecology- trophic levels

Question 1

Producers

Answer 1

Organisms that make their own food by photosythesis. e.g plants and algae

Question 2

Primary consumers

Answer 2

Herbivores that only eat plants (producers).

Question 3

Secondary consumers

Answer 3

Carnivores that eat primary consumers (herbivores)

Question 4

Tertiary consumers (apex predators)

Answer 4

Carnivores that eat secondary consumers. They have no predators and so are called the apex predators.

Question 5

Decomposers

Answer 5

Bacteria and fungi that break down dead animal’s body and waste for energy, using enzymes.