Topic 7 Trophic Levels

Question 1

What can food chains be divided into

Answer 1

Trophic levels

Question 2

What are trophic levels

Answer 2

Different stages of a food chain
they consist of one or more organisms that perform a specific role in the food chain

Question 3

What does trophic level one contain

Answer 3

Produces the organisms at the start of the food chain

Question 4

What are in trophic level two

Answer 4

Primary consumers
herbivores that eat plants and algae or primary consumers

Question 5

What is on trophic level three

Answer 5

Carnivores that eat the primary consumers and secondary consumers

Question 6

What is a trophic level four

Answer 6

Tertiary consumers
Carnivores that eat other carnivores
No predators are both of them so are the highest trophic level
apex predators

Question 7

How do bacteria and fungi that break down the plants or animals

Answer 7

Secrete enzymes that break the Dad stuff into small soluble food molecules
diffuse into the micro organisms