Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Food Web
Community Interactions
Trophic Levels
100
Something that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
100

These organisms produce energy through photosynthesis (make their own food- another word for producer).

What are autotrophs?

100

These organisms are herbivores, they eat producers (e.g rabbits, mice, grasshopper), therefore they are called ______________ consumer.

What is a primary?

100
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
100

The 1st trophic level

What is a producer?

200

An organism that eats meat

What is a carnivore?

200

An organism that cannot make its own food (another word for consumer).

What is heterotroph?

200
Grass, plants, trees, and flowers are known in the food web as ___________because they make their own food from sunlight.

What is producers?

200
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
200

Primary consumer is on the ______ trophic level.

What is 2nd?

300

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

What is a decomposer?

300

Living things or living factors in an ecosystem are called

What is a biotic?

300

These organisms that eat primary consumers. They are called ____________ consumers.

What is secondary?

300
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
300

A secondary consumer is on the _________ trophic level.

What is 3rd?

400

These organisms eat both plants and other animals.

What is an omnivore?

400

Non-living factors in an ecosystem are called

What is abiotic factors?

400

These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.

What is a quartenary consumer or top predator?

400
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
400

The 4th tropic level

What is tertiary?

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