The Sequence of who eats who in a biological community to obtain nutrition.

The base of every food chain; organisms that make their food from sunlight and/or chemical energy.

Animals that eat primary producers/plants; herbivores.

Consumers that eat primary consumers; secondary consumers can eat meat and plants/sustain on either.

Consumers that eat secondary consumers.

Quaternary consumers are consumers that eat tertiary consumers.

Another word for Primary Producer- The base of every food chain; organisms that make their food from sunlight and/or chemical energy.

Heterotrophs are consumers in general, they cannot produce their own food like primary producers.

Another word for a primary consumer- Animals that eat primary producers/plants; herbivores.

Secondary consumers and above; a meat eater/cannot survive on plants alone.

Secondary Consumer; a meat and plant eater, can live on either.

Example of a Food Chain

For instance, the grassland biome has a food chain in which the primary producer is grass and the primary consumers are grasshoppers.

Example of a Primary Producer

For instance, in the ocean biome food chain, phytoplankton is the primary producer.

Example of A Primary Consumer

For example, in the ocean biome food chain, zooplankton is the primary consumer.

Example of a Secondary Consumer

For example, in the pond biome food chain, the dragonfly larva is the secondary consumer.

Example of a Tertiary Consumer

For instance, in the ocean biome food chain, seals are the tertiary consumers.

Example of A Quaternary Consumer

For instance, in the pond biome food chain, raccoons are the quaternary consumers.

Example of a Autotroph

For example, in the grassland biome food chain, grass is the autotroph.

Example of A Heterotroph

For example, grass hoppers are heterotrophs, rats are heterotrophs, snakes are heterotrophs, and hawks are heterotrophs. All of them are type of consumers in the grassland biome food chain.

Example of a Herbivore

For instance, grasshoppers are herbivores in the grassland biome food chain.

Example of a Carnivore

For instance, white sharks are carnivores in the ocean biome food chain.

Example of a Omnivore

For example, a rat is a omnivore, it can eat plants and meat.

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Drs-Ecol-Terms 2

Food Chains and Such Vocab

Term	Definition
Food Chain	The Sequence of who eats who in a biological community to obtain nutrition.
Primary Producer	The base of every food chain; organisms that make their food from sunlight and/or chemical energy.
Primary Consumer	Animals that eat primary producers/plants; herbivores.
Secondary Consumer	Consumers that eat primary consumers; secondary consumers can eat meat and plants/sustain on either.
Tertiary Consumer	Consumers that eat secondary consumers.
Quaternary Consumers	Quaternary consumers are consumers that eat tertiary consumers.
Autotrophs	Another word for Primary Producer- The base of every food chain; organisms that make their food from sunlight and/or chemical energy.
Heterotrophs	Heterotrophs are consumers in general, they cannot produce their own food like primary producers.
Herbivores	Another word for a primary consumer- Animals that eat primary producers/plants; herbivores.
Carnivores	Secondary consumers and above; a meat eater/cannot survive on plants alone.
Omnivores	Secondary Consumer; a meat and plant eater, can live on either.
Example of a Food Chain	For instance, the grassland biome has a food chain in which the primary producer is grass and the primary consumers are grasshoppers.
Example of a Primary Producer	For instance, in the ocean biome food chain, phytoplankton is the primary producer.
Example of A Primary Consumer	For example, in the ocean biome food chain, zooplankton is the primary consumer.
Example of a Secondary Consumer	For example, in the pond biome food chain, the dragonfly larva is the secondary consumer.
Example of a Tertiary Consumer	For instance, in the ocean biome food chain, seals are the tertiary consumers.
Example of A Quaternary Consumer	For instance, in the pond biome food chain, raccoons are the quaternary consumers.
Example of a Autotroph	For example, in the grassland biome food chain, grass is the autotroph.
Example of A Heterotroph	For example, grass hoppers are heterotrophs, rats are heterotrophs, snakes are heterotrophs, and hawks are heterotrophs. All of them are type of consumers in the grassland biome food chain.
Example of a Herbivore	For instance, grasshoppers are herbivores in the grassland biome food chain.
Example of a Carnivore	For instance, white sharks are carnivores in the ocean biome food chain.
Example of a Omnivore	For example, a rat is a omnivore, it can eat plants and meat.

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