4.4 Trophic Levels

- trophic means to feed
- carrot plant - photosynthesis - PRODUCER
- carrot fly - is a herbivore because it is eating part of the carrot plant - PRIMARY CONSUMER
- Fly catcher - Carnivore because it eats the carrotfly - SECONDARY CONSUMER
- Sparrow Hawk - Top carnivore eats the flycatcher - TERTIARY CONSUMER


Producer turns light energy into chemical energy.
Primary Consumer takes in the chemical energy of the plant and changes it into chemical energy of the fly.
All organisms die and are then broken down by decomposers of fungi and bacteria.