5. Trophic Levels
Energy moves from one
organisms to another
when it is eaten
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6. Trophic Levels
Energy moves from one
organisms to another
when it is eaten
Each step in this transfer
of energy is know as a
trophic level
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7. Trophic Levels
Energy moves from one
organisms to another
when it is eaten
Each step in this transfer
of energy is know as a
trophic level
The main trophic levels are
producers, consumers, and
decomposers
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11. Producers
• A groups of organisms that can use the energy in sunlight to convert water and
carbon dioxide into Glucose (sugar/food)
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12. Producers
• A groups of organisms that can use the energy in sunlight to convert water and
carbon dioxide into Glucose (sugar/food)
• Called Producers because they produce all of the food that consumers use
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13. Producers
• A groups of organisms that can use the energy in sunlight to convert water and
carbon dioxide into Glucose (sugar/food)
• Called Producers because they produce all of the food that consumers use
• Without producers, there would be no life on this planet
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14. Producers
• A groups of organisms that can use the energy in sunlight to convert water and
carbon dioxide into Glucose (sugar/food)
• Called Producers because they produce all of the food that consumers use
• Without producers, there would be no life on this planet
• not all producers have leaves but all use photosynthesis
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15. Producers
• A groups of organisms that can use the energy in sunlight to convert water and
carbon dioxide into Glucose (sugar/food)
• Called Producers because they produce all of the food that consumers use
• Without producers, there would be no life on this planet
• not all producers have leaves but all use photosynthesis
• Plants and Algae
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24. Consumer
• Organisms that do not make their own food
• Must eat to survive
• Consumer because they consume other
organisms in order to live
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25. Scavengers
– feed on the tissue of dead organisms (both
plants and animals)
Vultures, Crows, and Shrimp
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26. Scavengers
– feed on the tissue of dead organisms (both
plants and animals)
Vultures, Crows, and Shrimp
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27. Herbivores
Consumers which eat ONLY plants
have flat teeth good for grinding food
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28. Herbivores
Consumers which eat ONLY plants
have flat teeth good for grinding food
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29. Carnivores
Consumers which eat mostly meat
have sharp teeth good for ripping and tearing meat
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30. Carnivores
Consumers which eat mostly meat
have sharp teeth good for ripping and tearing meat
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31. Omnivores
Consumers which eat BOTH plants and animals
have both types of teeth
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32. Omnivores
Consumers which eat BOTH plants and animals
have both types of teeth
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33. Decomposers
consumers which absorb any dead material and break it
down into simple nutrients or fertilizers
Essential to making soil rich enough to support producers!
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34. Decomposers
consumers which absorb any dead material and break it
down into simple nutrients or fertilizers
Essential to making soil rich enough to support producers!
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