4.4 Trophic Levels

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

• The word trophic means to feed
• There are different feeding levels
• Carrot plant is the first level in the example and is doing photosynthesis
• Carrot fly is eating parts of carrot plant and is therefore called a herbivore
• The flycatcher eats the carrot fly which makes it a carnivore 
• Carnivore eats another carnivore (top of the food chain) Top Carnivore
• Carrot plant is called the producer
• Carrot fly eating carrot plant is known as the primary consumer
• Flycatcher is then known as the secondary consumer
• After that the next feeding level is called tertiary consumer