Define the trophic levels in a typical ecosystem and give one example organism for each level.

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Ecosystem ecology:
1. Define the trophic levels in a typical ecosystem and give one example organism for each level.
Tropical Level
Producers
Definition
Example
Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Quaternary consumers
Decomposers
Transcribed Image Text:Ecosystem ecology: 1. Define the trophic levels in a typical ecosystem and give one example organism for each level. Tropical Level Producers Definition Example Primary consumers Secondary consumers Tertiary consumers Quaternary consumers Decomposers
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Introduction:- 

  • Trophic level, step in a nutritive series, or food chain, of an ecosystem.
  • The organisms of a Chain is classified into these levels on the basis of their feeding behaviour.
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Producers:- 

  • They make their own food by using light or chemical energy. They also called as autotrophs.
  • Ex:- plants, algae and some bacteria.

Primary consumers:- 

  • They also called as herbivores. These organisms gain energy by eating primary producers and are called primary consumers.
  • Ex:- grazers:- whose diets consist atleast 90% grass.(Cows,sheeps and rabbits) 
  • Browsers :- Whose diets consist atleast 90% tree leaves(goats,deers),Zooplanktons.
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