Ecology Part 2 Vocab and Concepts

A group of similar organisms that are able to reproduce and create offspring that can also reproduce.

• Organism

• Animal

• species

What does "eco" mean?

• environment

• house

• outside

What does this image show?

• Food chain

• Food web

• Food net

Seaweed is in which trophic level?

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

Golden Eagles are in which trophic level?

• Tertiary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Primary consumer

An organism that can make its own food using sunlight or other chemical energy.

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

What are examples of an Autotroph?

• grass

• trees

• plants

• algae

• flowers

Auto means?

• Self

• Motor

• House

Troph means?

• Food

• House

• Self

Organisms that cannot produce their own food so they must eat other organisms, either plants or animals, to receive energy.

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph