Ecology

Carnivore

• Plant eater

• Meat Eater

• Eats both plant and animals

• Creates its own food

Herbivore

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Meat Eater

• Plant Eater

Omnivore

• Eats both plants and animals

• Eats only plants

• Eats only meat

• Eats only insects

Organisms that can be viewed as a source of biomass and can be consumed by other animals

• Omnivore

• Heterotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

organisms that get there energy by eating other organisms

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Consumer

• Producer

Organisms that breaks down organic material

• Decomposer

• Parasite

• Autotroph

• Predator

An organism is...

• A single living cell

• A living thing

• an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

• a virus

Which primary consumer is eaten by the most secondary consumers?

• Douglas Squirrel

• Edith's Checkerspot

• Red Breasted Nuthatch

• Pacific Tree Frog

Which primary consumer is eaten by the most apex predators?

• Ringtail

• Mule Deer

• Raven

• Pine Marten

Which predator has the most prey?

• Mountain Lion

• Bobcat

• Coyote

• Western Whiptail