4.4: Explain the Names Given to Different Trophic Levels to Include Producers, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Consumers and Decomposers

TROPHIC LEVELS: Feeding Level in a Food Chain

DEFINITION:

TERM	DEFINITION
PRODUCERS	Organisms that Produce their Own Organic Nutrients such as Plants through Photosynthesis
PRIMARY CONSUMERS	Herbivores and Feed on Plants (Producers)
SECONDARY CONSUMERS	Predators that Feed on Primary Consumers
TERTIARY CONSUMERS	Predators that Feed on Secondary Consumers
DECOMPOSERS	Bacteria and Fungi that Breaks Down Dead Animal’s Body, Urea and Undigested Waste for Energy (Using Enzymes to Break Down Compounds)