Trophic Levels

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Organism that makes its own food

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Producer

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What does the word 'troph' mean?

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Energy

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What does a Primary Consumer eat?

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Producers

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The arrows in a food chain or web represent what?

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They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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Organism that eats other things for food

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Consumer

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms.

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What is a Trophic Level?

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A step in a food chain or food web, representing the flow of energy.

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What do Secondary Consumers eat?

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Primary Consumers.

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What is a Food Chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass.

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What is a Food Web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.