producer - also autotroph; are able to use the sun's energy directly to produce glucose (sugar), consumer - also heterotroph; rely on or must eat other organisms for energy, herbivore - usually a primary consumer; organism that consumes plants or producers, carnivore - usually a tertiary or quaternary consumer; organism that consumes animals (meat), omnivore - usually a secondary consumer; organism that consumes plant and animals, detrivore - a decomposer; digests and breaksdown dead materials into simple molecules to be recycled in the environment, decomposer - a detrivore; digests and breaksdown dead material into simple molecules to be recycled by the environment, primary consumer - usually a herbivore; found at the second level of a food web, chain or energy pyramid. Usually feed on plants, secondary consumer - usually a omnivore; found at the third level of a food chain, web or energy pyramid. Usually feed on plant and animals, tertiary consumer - usually a carnivore; found at the fourth level of a food chain, web or energy pyramid. Usually feeds on animals (meat), quaternary consumer - usually a top carnivore; found at the fifth level of a food chain, web or energy pyramid. A meat eater with no predators, trophic level - the steps of levels of a food chain, web or energy pyramid,

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