Trophic level
The sun
What is a source
An animal that eats meat
What is a carnivore
A series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
What is a food chain
An animal that hunts other animals for food
What is a predator
A producer
What is an autotroph
First trophic level
An animal that eats plants
What is a herbivore
An interconnected food chains that show the flow of energy in an ecosystem
What is a food web
An animal hunted or caught for food
What is prey
An animal that eats other animals
What is a consumer
Third trophic level
What is a secondary consumer
People
What is a omnivore
Something that shows the flow of energy in different trophic levels of an ecosystem
What is an ecopyramid
Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
Photosynthesis
Something that takes up more carbon dioxide than it produces e.g. Plants, oceans.
What is carbon sinking
Second trophic level
What is a primary consumer
The top trophic level
What is a tertiary consumer