4.4) Trophic Levels

Recall the names given to different trophic levels to include producers, primary, secondary and tertiary consumers and decomposers.


Trophic = feed 
photosynthesis --> herbivores (organisms which eat only plants) --> carnivores --> top carnivores


{producer (photosynthesis) --> primary consumer --> secondary consumer --> tertiary consumer} ---> DEAD ---> decomposers (fungi & bacteria) which 'recycle' the molecules, breaking down complex molecules into nitrates & phosphates)


Each level of consumer would convert the chemical energy of its prey into its own chemical energy.