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TROPHIC LEVELS. AUTOTROPHS Organisms that produce their own energy HETEROTROPHS Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy. PRODUCERS. CONSUMERS. Detritivore. animal that feeds off of dead plant or animal matter; breaks down organic material; decomposer. Level 1. Level 2. Level 3.
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AUTOTROPHS Organisms that produce their own energy HETEROTROPHSOrganisms that rely on other organisms for energy PRODUCERS CONSUMERS
Detritivore • animal that feeds off of dead plant or animal matter; breaks down organic material; decomposer
Level 2 Level 1 Level 4 Level 3
TROPHIC LEVELS LEVEL 1PRODUCERS plants that create their own food LEVEL 2PRIMARYCONSUMERS Herbivores that eat plants
TROPHIC LEVELS LEVEL 3SECONDARY CONSUMERS Carnivores that eat herbivores LEVEL 4TERTIARYCONSUMERS Carnivores that eat carnivores
Producers of Marshes Cattails Marsh Mallow
Primary Consumers in Marshes MUSKRAT eats mostly cattails WOOD DUCKeats seeds like those of the Swamp Marsh Mallow
Secondary Consumers in Marshes SWAMP ALLIGATORfeeds on muskrats and ducks BLACK RAT SNAKEeats eggs of animals like wood duck
Eat other animals in marsh including snake and sparrow Tertiary Consumers in Marshes Osprey
Predators eat organisms from higher tropic levels because they contain… MORE ENERGY
The direction of the arrows in a food chain shows… the flow of energy
As energy flows through organisms… most of the energy is lost as heat
FOOD CHAIN • A food chain is a sequence of organisms, each that uses the previous as a source of energy • A food chain shows the flow of energy through organisms
FOOD WEB A buncha food chains that are like all connected n stuff noamsayin
AUTOTROPH HETEROTROPH HERBIVORE CARNIVORE OMNIVORE DETRITIVORE PRODUCER PRIMARY CONSUMER SECONDARY CONSUMER TERTIARY CONSUMER
PLANTS AUTOTROPH PRODUCER HETEROTROPH PRIMARY CONSUMER HERBIVORE SECONDARY CONSUMER OMNIVORE DETRITIVORE CARNIVORE TERTIARY CONSUMER