Energy Pyramid Flashcards
A graphic representation of this system that shows the transfer of energy to the next organism that eats it.
Energy Pyramid
The feeding position in a energy pyramid that an organism occupies based on what it eats
trophic level
Energy and biomass ____________ from lower to higher trophic levels
decreases
These organisms get their energy from the Sun
producers
These organisms are unable to make their own food and have to eat things like plants and animals
consumers
First to consume
primary consumer
These eat primary consumers and each other
secondary and tertiary consumers
These organisms make their own food through the process of photosynthesis
Producers
These are heterotrophs, things that cannot make their own food.
Consumers
These are carnivores, only eat other animals
Secondary and Tertiary Consumers
These animals are the top of the food chain, nothing else eats them
Apex predators
Garbage man of the ecosystems. They are active at each level of the pyramid.
decomposers
