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    Trophic levels refer to the position that a living thing occupies in a food chain. There are generally three trophic levels: 1) Producers, such as plants, which produce their own food through photosynthesis. 2) Primary consumers, which are herbivores that obtain energy by eating producers. 3) Secondary consumers, which can be carnivores or omnivores that obtain energy by consuming primary consumers or other animals. Food chains show the transfer of energy as organisms eat each other, starting with a producer and moving through consumer levels. Changes at one trophic level can impact other levels in the food chain. Food webs illustrate all the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

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    Trophic levels refer to the position that a living thing occupies in a food chain. There are generally three trophic levels: 1) Producers, such as plants, which produce their own food through photosynthesis. 2) Primary consumers, which are herbivores that obtain energy by eating producers. 3) Secondary consumers, which can be carnivores or omnivores that obtain energy by consuming primary consumers or other animals. Food chains show the transfer of energy as organisms eat each other, starting with a producer and moving through consumer levels. Changes at one trophic level can impact other levels in the food chain. Food webs illustrate all the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

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    Trophic Levels

    Food chains

    Life cannot exist without energy


    Where does all the energy on earth come
    from?
    How do you get energy?

    Trophic levels in ecosystems


    Trophic levels: A way of categorizing living
    things from how they get their energy.
    1st : producer
    2nd :Primary consumer,
    3rd : secondary consumer,
    3 types of consumers:
    herbivore,
    carnivore and
    omnivore

    1st Trophic Level:


    Producers
    Organisms that can produce their
    own food from the abiotic
    environment. (plants photosynthesis)
    Photosynthesis

    Consumers
    Consumers: Animals must consume - eat
    other organisms. (the biotic environment)
    to grow
    3 types:
    herbivore
    carnivore
    omnivore

    2 levels
    - 1st: primary consumer
    - 2nd: secondary consumer

    Types of Consumers
    Herbivore: Animals that eat ONLY
    plants (producers).
    Carnivore: Animals that eat ONLY
    other animals.
    Omnivore: Animals that eat both
    plants AND animals.

    nd

    Trophic level

    Primary Consumer: An organism


    that relies on plants as its source of
    energy.
    All are herbivores
    They use the sugar that the plants made

    3 Trophic level
    rd

    Secondary consumers: An
    organism that relies on secondary
    consumers as its source of energy
    Eats other animals
    Can be Carnivores or Omnivores

    Food chains
    A very simple representation of one set of
    feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
    A linear relationship:

    producer

    ->

    primary
    consumer

    (herbivore)
    (carnivore/omnivore)

    ->

    secondary
    consumer

    Food chains
    The transfer of energy from organism
    to organism.
    The arrows show the flow of energy**

    Impacts on changes to
    chain
    The impacts that major changes at
    one trophic level can have on the
    other levels
    What would happen if the Producer
    was removed?
    What would happen if a secondary
    consumer is removed?

    Make Your Own Food Chain!


    Include at least 4 organisms
    Label the organisms as producer,
    Primary consumer-herbivore,
    Secondary consumer-carnivore,
    Secondary consumer-omnivore

    Food webs
    show all the feeding relationships in
    an ecosystem.

    Living food web activity


    Pick an ecosystem
    Every student pick an organism
    Give one student an end to the
    string. Where does the chain go from
    here?
    Pass the ball of string to everyone
    involved in the ecosystem
    How many connections are there?

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