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What are the trophic. Levels?
1- Producers- make their own food (plants, photosynthetic bacteria, etc.) 2- Primary Consumers- eat the producers, small (rodents, bugs, etc.) 3- Secondary Consumers- eat the primary consumers (ex: snakes) 4- Tertiary Consumers- eat the secondary consumers, larger, (ex: owls, humans) There are not many trophic levels because only 10% of the energy available at one trophic level is passed on to the next level, and so the amount of energy available after many levels is not able to support many organisms.
Can you name four trophic levels?
1- Producers- make their own food (plants, photosynthetic bacteria, etc.) 2- Primary Consumers- eat the producers, small (rodents, bugs, etc.) 3- Secondary Consumers- eat the primary consumers (ex: snakes) 4- Tertiary Consumers- eat the secondary consumers, larger, (ex: owls, humans) There are not many trophic levels because only 10% of the energy available at one trophic level is passed on to the next level, and so the amount of energy available after many levels is not able to support many organisms.
Is a minnow a decomposer?
Yes it is B/c they dont eat worms
Describe how producers consumers and decomposers are linked in a food chain?
The order is plants/producers then herbivores then carnivores the ad decomposer or scavanger
What is a kit fox considered as a primary consumer or secondary consumer or decomposers or herbivores or carnivores or omnivores or scavengers?
Foxes are omnivorous, but their diet is primarily composed of invertebrates and small mammals. Therefore, they would mostly be considered secondary consumers, but could also be considered primary consumers when they eat producers.
What ecosystem might have a pyramid of numbers where there are less producers than consumers?
If the producers happen to be large trees, they can be small in number but still have a large biomass, therefore allowing them to support a community of more consumers.
How do you calculate the percentage biomass passed on from 1 from producers to primary consumers 2 from primary to secondary consumers 3 from secondary consumers to carnivores?
e.g. ORGANISM BIOMASS Grass 1000 Herbivores 300 Small Carnivores 28 Large Carnivores 6 1) from producer to primary = (300/1000)x100 2) from primary to secondary = (28/300)x100 3) from secondary to carnivores = (6/28)x100 Hope this helps :)
Make a food chain with a producer and 3 consumers?
In a food chain, there are four crucial members. There are the primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. An example of a food chain can be found in a stream found in a forest. The primary producers would be plant like producers such as algae that produce food energy for the primary consumers which would be small microorganisms, or very small fish. The secondary consumers such as salmon will feed on these primary consumers for food. The tertiary consumers such as bears will feed on the secondary consumers for their food.
What are the main producers and consumers in a desert?
Grasses are probably the main producers of a desert followed by shrubs and trees and other small plants. Rodents, hares, rabbits and squirrels are the most common consumers in the desert.
Are small fish producers?
No. Even small fish eat plants, and are thus consumers. Small fish can eat everything from seaweed to algae.
Does the area covered in cheat grass and sagebrush in Idaho have a large or small amount of biomass?
Typically, a small amount of biomass. The ecosystem of the intermountain high plateau is very nearly desert, and thus is unable to support large biomass quantities typical of prairie or forested ecosystems.
Are small animal animals and protist producers?
No. All animals are consumers, not producers.However, there are certain protists like dinoflagellates, diatoms and algae that are producers and make energy from sunlight.
Is a small animal a consumer or a producer?
All animals are consumers. Only plants and some micro-organisms are producers.
Is a small bird a producer or consumer?
Birds do not produce energy from sunlight, so they cannot be producers. All animals are consumers.
What are the trophic. Levels?
1- Producers- make their own food (plants, photosynthetic bacteria, etc.) 2- Primary Consumers- eat the producers, small (rodents, bugs, etc.) 3- Secondary Consumers- eat the primary consumers (ex: snakes) 4- Tertiary Consumers- eat the secondary consumers, larger, (ex: owls, humans) There are not many trophic levels because only 10% of the energy available at one trophic level is passed on to the next level, and so the amount of energy available after many levels is not able to support many organisms.
What are producers for a coyotes?
consumer
Are frogs a producer?
nope. Rattle snakes are not producers. They are consumers in the food chain as they eat other living organisms. Plants are the major producers on earth. Be skeptical of almost anything else being classified as a producer.
