Consumers
What do carnivores eat?
meat
What has a level number of 2?
primary consumer.
What is another name for producers?
autotrophs
What are the levels of nourishment in a food chain called?
trophic levels
What represents the energy available at each trophic level?
energy pyramid.
What breaks down macro molecules to release ATP?
cellular respiration
What has 100% of energy available?
producer.
What do consumers get energy from?
living or once living organisms.
What happens to 90% of energy in each level of a food chain?
heat is used or lost
What does energy do as you go up in the pyramid?
decrease by 90% each time
What do herbivores eat
plants
What has a level number of 1?
producer.
Where does all energy come from?
the sun
What is a food chain?
Traces a single flow of energy and shows trophic levels
What are models that show how energy flows through an ecosystem?
trophic pyramid
What do omnivores eat?
meat and plants
What has a level number of 3?
secondary consumer.
What is another name for consumers?
heterotrophs
What is energy that flows from organism to organism used for?
metabolism and heat.
What represents the number of organisms at each trophic level?
number pyramid.
What do detritivores eat?
They eat dead things
What has a level number of 4?
tertiary consumer.
What process do plants use to make energy
photosynthesis.
What shows multiple food chains at once and how they interconnect?
food webs
What represents the total mass of living organic matter at each trophic level.
biomass pyramid.