Trophic Level & food chains

Question 0

Autotrophs

Answer 0

They make their own food using sunlight or chemical energy

Question 1

Methylmercury

Answer 1

Found in nature as a result of coal burning .
It can enter water system
Can be consumed by organism at lowest level of food chains
sticks to DNA and phospholipids

Question 2

Heterotrophs

Answer 2

Organisms that eat others to gain energy

Question 3

Herbivore

Answer 3

Organism that only eats plants or algae

Question 4

Carnivore

Answer 4

Organisms that only eat meat (70% of diet must be meat to be one)

Question 5

Omnivore

Answer 5

Organisms that can consume both plants and meat for energy

Question 6

Decomposer

Answer 6

An organism that breaks down dead organisms into basic compounds such as CO2 and H2O

Question 7

Food chain

Answer 7

Shows direction that material /energy flows from one organism to the next

Question 8

Food web

Answer 8

Shows the relationships between organisms

Question 9

Trophic level

Answer 9

Amount of energy held within that step in the food chain

Question 10

Trophic Pyramid

Answer 10

Food chain with energy levels shown