SSA Ecology

Food webs are great at....

• Seeing who eats what

• Seeing where the most energy is in the community

• Seeing what organisms are in a community

• Seeing how much biomass there is

Food Pyramids can be used to

• Locate where the most energy is

• See who eats what

• See all the organisms in the area

• See which organism carries the most biomass

Primary Consumers eat...

• Carnivores

• Plants

• Snakes

Secondary Consumers eat...

• Plants

• Producers

• Primary Consumers

Which does the hunting

• Predators

• Prey

Which only eats plants

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

Which only eats Meat

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

Which eat both plants and meat

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

Which organism can make its won food?

• Producer

• Heterotroph

• Carnivores

Heterotrophs must _____________ their food

• photosynthesize

• eat