Roles in an Ecosystem Flashcards
Which way in a food web does the energy flows?
The energy ALWAYS flows UP in a food chain
What is a food chain?
Food chains represent a single pathway by which evergy and matter flow flough through organisms in an ecosystem as one organism gets eaten by another
What is a producer?
Living things that use energy to make food for themselves {(fauna)also uses photosynthisis}
What is a consumer? (3)
Consumer CAN NOT make food for themselves
Obtain energy and nutrients by eating other orginisms which can be plants or other animals
ALL consumers are animals
Types of Consumers:
What does a herbivores eat?
Eats plants/producer
Types of Consumers:
What does a carnivore eat?
Eats animals
Types of Consumers:
What does a omnivore eat?
Eats animals and plants
How Consumers get Food:
How does a grazer get food?
They feed on organisms without killing them
How Consumers get Food:
How does a predator get food?
They capture and kill animals for food
How Consumers get Food:
What are prey hunted by?
Prey are hunted by predators
How Consumers get Food:
How does a scavenger get food?
Eat animals that are already dead
What is the trophic level?
The level an organim occupies in a food chian
What animal or plant is at the bottom of the food chain, and what do they do? What is also the name of the plant or animal? (ex. Apex)
On the bottom of the food chain is the producers (plant), and they make the food.
What animal or plant is at the second up from the producers on the food chain, and what do they eat? What is also the name of the plant or animal? (ex. Producer)
On the second row up is the primary consumers (aka the herbivores) they eat the producers which are thte plant
What animal or plant is at the third up from the producers on the food chain, and what do they eat? What is also the name of the plant or animal? (ex. Producer)
On the third row up is the secondary consumers (aka Conivores) they eat the herbivores
