Trophic Levels

Question 1

Trophic Level

Answer 1

A group of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain. There are two basic types; Atrophic Level or Heterotrophic Level

Question 2

Atrophic Level

Answer 2

the producer (such as plants) which can directly use solar energy

Question 3

Heterotrophic Level

Answer 3

The consumers who obtain energy either directly for indirectly from the plants

Question 4

There are three different types of consumers:

Answer 4

• Primary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Scavengers and Decomposers

Question 5

Primary Consumers

Answer 5

Folivores - emphasize leaves
Herbivores - emphasize grass and herbs
Frugivores - emphasize fruits

Question 6

Secondary Consumers

Answer 6

Faunivores/Carnivores - emphasize animal tissue
Insectivores - emphasize insects
Omnivores - eat a mix of foods; moving trophic levels

Question 7

Scavengers and Decomposers

Answer 7

eat dead organisms - no primates here!

Question 8

Primate Trophic Levels

Answer 8

• Primates need to have digestible adaptations to be able to be a primary consumer
• Some primates, like omnivores, use many trophic levels
  ex: chimpanzees: primary while eating fruit but secondary while eating red colobus monkeys

Question 9

Fig Trees

Answer 9

Going back millions of years, fig trees sustain more species of birds and mammals than any other tree
-Figs provide food for at least 1,274 species of birds and mammals- far more than any other types of fruit