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Trophic level
-Is the step of food chain of ecosystem
-Feeding status of an organisms
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Organism in a food chain
-Are classified to trophic level depending on their feeding behavior
Primary producers
-First trophic level
-Produce their own food
-Usually the green plants or algae
-Also called “autotrophs”
Herbivores
-organisms that eats the plants
-called the primary consumers
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Carnivores
-Eating the organisms from level 2
-Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
-carnivores who eat other carnivores
-4th trophic level
Apex predators
-Organisms is eaten by other animals
Decomposers
-They breakdown dead animals
-also known as detrivores
Biome
An area according to the species that live in that location
Biotic factor
Is living organism that shapes it’s environment
Abiotic factor
Is non-living part of an ecosystem make that shape its environment
Habitat
Is a place where an organism make its home
Niche
Describes the role of an organism plays in a community
trophe
greek word means feeding
Food chain
Sequence of organisms each on the next as a source of food
Food web
Shows different creatures that are related to one another
Scavenger
Animals that consumes dead or decaying organism that they didn’t kill themselves
The family household
greek word for oikos
The study of
logy
Ernst haeckel
originally coined the term
“we mean body of knowledge concerning the economy of nature”
