w ildlife trophic (feeding) levels. p roducers make or produce their own food (through...
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A UTOTROPHS Self-Feeders – produce their own food. Another name for producer. Examples: trees, plants, flowersTRANSCRIPT
WILDLIFETrophic (Feeding) Levels
PRODUCERS Make or produce their own food (through
Photosynthesis).
Examples: trees, plants, flowers
AUTOTROPHS Self-Feeders – produce their own food. Another name for producer.
Examples: trees, plants, flowers
CONSUMERS Organisms that feed on other organisms.
Examples: any animal.
HETEROTROPHS Other Feeders – Another name for
consumers.
Examples: any animal.
HERBIVORES Plant-eaters - animals that feed directly on
producers.
Examples: deer, rabbits, cattle, mice.
CARNIVORES Flesh-eaters – animals that eat other
animals.
Examples: Wolves, Polar Bears, Eagles, Mountain Lion, Sharks.
1ST ORDER CARNIVORES Carnivores that feed on herbivores.
Examples: Wolf that eats a deer. Fox that eats a mouse.
2ND ORDER CARNIVORES Carnivores that feed on first-order carnivores.
Examples: Mountain lion that eats a fox. Bears that eat trout.
OMNIVORES All-eaters – Eat both plants and animals
(herbivores & carnivores).
Examples: Red fox, ground squirrel.
PREDATORS Carnivores which feed on live animals.
Examples: Owl, tiger, lion, wolf.
PREY The animals that are eaten by predators.
Examples: rabbits, deer, mice, frogs, birds.
SCAVENGERS Animals which feed on dead organisms (both
plants and animal).
Examples: snails, crayfish, crows, vultures.
SAPROPHYTES Fungi and bacteria which feed on dead
organisms.
Examples: fungi, bacteria.
DECOMPOSERS Organisms which break down (decompose)
and feed on non-living organic matter such as dead plants, dead animals, and animal wastes.
Examples: yeasts, molds
FOOD CHAIN Organisms linked together in Feeding
Relationships
Example: Grass mouse fox mountain lion
FOOD WEB Interconnected Food Chains
FOOD WEB