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TROPHIC LEVELS
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AUTOTROPHS Organisms that produce their own energy HETEROTROPHS Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy PRODUCERS CONSUMERS
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Detritivore animal that feeds off of dead plant or animal matter; breaks down organic material; decomposer
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 4
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Level 1 Level 2 Level 4 Level 3
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TROPHIC LEVELS plants that create their own food
LEVEL 1 PRODUCERS plants that create their own food LEVEL 2 PRIMARY CONSUMERS Herbivores that eat plants
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TROPHIC LEVELS Carnivores that eat herbivores
LEVEL 3 SECONDARY CONSUMERS Carnivores that eat herbivores LEVEL 4 TERTIARY CONSUMERS Carnivores that eat carnivores
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Producers of Marshes Cattails Marsh Mallow
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Primary Consumers in Marshes
MUSKRAT eats mostly cattails WOOD DUCK eats seeds like those of the Swamp Marsh Mallow
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Secondary Consumers in Marshes
SWAMP ALLIGATOR feeds on muskrats and ducks BLACK RAT SNAKE eats eggs of animals like wood duck
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Tertiary Consumers in Marshes
Eat other animals in marsh including snake and sparrow Osprey
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Predators eat organisms from higher tropic levels because they contain…
MORE ENERGY
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The direction of the arrows in a food chain shows…
the flow of energy
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most of the energy is lost as heat
As energy flows through organisms… most of the energy is lost as heat
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FOOD CHAIN A food chain is a sequence of organisms, each that uses the previous as a source of energy A food chain shows the flow of energy through organisms
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FOOD WEB A buncha food chains that are like all connected n stuff noam sayin
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AUTOTROPH HETEROTROPH PRODUCER PRIMARY CONSUMER SECONDARY CONSUMER TERTIARY CONSUMER HERBIVORE CARNIVORE OMNIVORE DETRITIVORE
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AUTOTROPH PRODUCER PLANTS HETEROTROPH
PRIMARY CONSUMER HERBIVORE SECONDARY CONSUMER OMNIVORE DETRITIVORE CARNIVORE TERTIARY CONSUMER
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