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Food Webs and Energy Pyramid Review

Producers and Consumers

Plants are producers (autotrophs)

Animals are consumers (heterotrophs)

Consumers

• Herbivores - eat just plants

• Omnivores - eat plants and animals

• Carnivores - eat just animals

Trophic levels

Count from the bottom up

Energy Transformation

The higher up you go, the less energy is available.

Multiple Choice

The krill is eaten by which consumer?

• blue whale
• phytoplankton
• leopard seal
• penguin