Unit 1 Ecology Summative 5th Period

Must consume food in order to gain energy

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Heterotroph

• Biomass

Only eats plants

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

Only eats meat

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Producer

Get their energy from the sun and make their own food

• Decomposer

• Heterotroph

• Biomass

• Producer

Eats other living organisms

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Autotroph

Eats dead organisms and returns nutrients to soil

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

• Biomass

• Carnivore

Process through which plants make their own food

• Photosynthesis

• Autotroph

• Biomass

• Trophic

Which organisms only prey on producers?

• Secondary Consumers

• Apex Predators

• Tertiary Consumers

• Primary Consumers

Which trophic level is found at the top of an energy pyramid?

• Primary Consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Producers

• Secondary Consumers

What would happen to the bird if the green fish died out?

• the bird population would grow

• the bird population would die out

• the smaller fish will die out