4.6: Understand the Names Given to Different Trophic Levels, Including Producers, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Consumers and Decomposers

TROPHIC LEVELS: Position an organism occupies within feeding sequence

DEFINITION:

TERM	DEFINITION
PRODUCERS	Organisms that produce their own organic Nutrients (e.g Plants produce Glucose via Photosynthesis)
PRIMARY CONSUMERS	Herbivores that feed on Plants (Producers)
SECONDARY CONSUMERS	Predators that feed on primary consumers
TERTIARY CONSUMERS	Predators that feed on secondary consumers
DECOMPOSERS	Organisms that release digestive enzymes on dead organisms or non-living organic matter for energy