ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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producers
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decomposers
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consumers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The second trophic level consists of organisms that eat the producers. These are called primary consumers, or herbivores.
Detailed explanation-2: -Producers can make their own food and energy, but consumers are different. Living things that have to hunt, gather and eat their food are called consumers. Consumers have to eat to gain energy or they will die. There are four types of consumers: omnivores, carnivores, herbivores and decomposers.
Detailed explanation-3: -LESSON 2 HOW IS ENERGY PASSED THROUGH AN ECOSYSTEM? Each time something eats something else, food energy is transferred from one organism to another. The transfer of energy between organisms is called a food chain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Consumers constitute the upper trophic levels. Unlike producers, they cannot make their own food. To get energy, they eat plants or other animals, while some eat both.
Detailed explanation-5: -Plants and algae (plant-like organisms that live in water) are able to make their own food using energy from the sun. These organisms are called producers because they produce their own food. Some animals eat these producers.