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Food Webs
Food Webs Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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food web | A model of how energy and matter flow through an ecosystem. Arrows show the direction that energy and matter are flowing through the web. |
Trophic Level | The placement (feeding level) of organisms in food webs and energy pyramids. |
energy pyramid | A model that shows the amount of energy available to each successive trophic level. |
producer | plant |
herbivore | plant eating animal |
carnivore | meat eating animal |
omnivore | eats both meat and plants |
Second-order and higher consumers | things at the top of a food web |
Scavenger | animals that scavege for foods |
decomposer | feeds off of dead plants/animals |
first order consumers | in the middle of food webs |