SCI L4
Cards (8)
- niche - roles the organisms play in their respective habitats
- trophic level - step in a nutritive series, or food chain
- food chain - represents the transfer of energy and nutrients
- producers
- plants
- can produce own food through photosynthesis
- they convert sunlight into energy that can be consumed by other organisms
- primary consumers
- herbivores
- organisms that feed directly on producers
- consumes plants and algae
- secondary consumers
- carnivores
- feeds directly on primary consumers
- obtains energy by consuming herbivores
- tertiary consumers
- carnivores
- feeds on other carnivores
- occupies the highest trophic level
- decomposers
- breaks down dead organic matter from all trophic levels into simpler substances