3.3

Question 1

What are the trophic levels?

Answer 1

Producers (P)
Primary Consumers (1)
Secondary Consumers (2)
Tertiary Consumers (3)
Quaternary Consumers (4)
Autotrophs
Hertotrophs

Question 2

What is the difference between Autotrophs and Heterotrophs

Answer 2

Autotrophs get their energy from sunlight, like photosynthesis.
Heterotrophs get their energy from eating other animals.

Question 3

Herbivore

Answer 3

A herbivore only eats plants

Question 4

Omnivore

Answer 4

An Omnivore eats plants and animals

Question 5

Carnivore

Answer 5

A carnivore only eats meat

Question 6

Detritivore

Answer 6

A detritivore eats dead plants and maybe animals.

Question 7

What is a keystone species

Answer 7

A keystone species is a species that is crucial for a community’s survival.

Question 8

Trophic Cascade

Answer 8

A trophic cascade shows what species another species effects and how things would change if that animal’s population changed.

Question 9

What is the difference between a trophic cascade and a trophic diagram

Answer 9

A trophic diagram shows all the animals and who gets energy from who while a cascade only shows a few and shows how they effect each other and what could happen.

Question 10

Make sure you can predict using a cascade model