Food Chains And Food Webs Flashcards
Food chains and food webs model what?
They flow the energy in an ecosystem.
What is a food chain?
Is a model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships.
A food chain links species by their?
Feeding relationships.
A food chains follows the connection between?
One producer and a single chain of consumers with an ecosystem.
Hervibores eat?
Only plants.
Carnivores eat?
Only animals.
Omnivores eat?
Both plants and animals.
Detritivores eat?
Dead organic matter.
Decomposers are?
Detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds.
Specialists are?
Consumers that primarily eat one specific organism or a very small number of organisms.
Generalists are?
Consumers that have a varying diet.
Trophic levels are?
The nourishment levels in a food chain.
Primary consumers are?
Herbivores that eat producers.
Secondary consumers are?
Carnivores that eat hervibores.
Tertiary consumers are?
Carnivores that eat secondary consumers.
