Ecology and Taxonomy Review

Flashcards for reviewing consumers, classification of living things, and taxonomy domains.

Primary Consumers/Herbivores

Consumers that eat producers/plants; examples include cows, deer, rabbits, and grasshoppers.

Secondary Consumers/Carnivores

Consumers that mainly eat primary consumers; examples include foxes, snakes, owls, and falcons. Some are omnivores and consume both plants and meat, like chickens, bats, sea otters, and some lizards.

Tertiary Consumers/Top Carnivores

Carnivores capable of eating secondary consumers; many are also omnivores. Examples include lions, wolves, sharks, and humans.

Domain

The broadest level of classification of living things, containing Bacteria, Archea, and Eukarya.

Classification of Living Things

A classification scheme that goes from biggest to smallest, including 7 different levels.

Levels of Classification

The series of classification levels from largest to smallest: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

Species

The most specific level of classification.

Bacteria

One of the three domains of life.

Archea

One of the three domains of life.

Eukarya

One of the three domains of life.