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Trophic Reading
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | he strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. |
| Autotroph | organism that makes its own food |
| Primary Consumers | consumer that feeds directly on producers |
| Omnivores | consumers that eats both producers and consumers |
| Detritus | wastes and remains of dead organisms |
| Photosynthesis | process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars |
| Consumer | organism that obtains food by eating producers (autotrophs) or other consumers |
| secondary consumer | consumer that eats primary consumers |
| decomposers | organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms |
| food webs | pattern of feeding in an ecosystem consisting of interconnected and branching food chains |
| producers | organism that makes its own food (autotroph) and produces organic molecules that serve as food for other organisms in its ecosystem |
| heterotroph | organism that obtains food by eating other organisms |
| carnivores | consumer that eats only other consumers ( |
| trophic level | feeding level in an ecosystem |
| food chain | pathway of food transfer from one trophic level to another |
| biomass | the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume. |
| herbivores | consumer that eats only producers |
| tertiary consumers | consumer that eats secondary consumers |
| cellular respiration | chemical process that uses oxygen to convert chemical energy stored in organic molecules into ATP (adenosine triphosphate) |