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Stepping Stones |
Pitstop Check
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Students should be able to describe the differences between the trophic levels of organisms within an ecosystem |
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What is the difference between a producer and primary consumer? |
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Level 1: Plants and algae make their own food and are called producers. |
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What is a producer? |
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Level 2: Herbivores eat plants/algae and are called primary consumers |
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What is a primary consumer? |
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Level 3: Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers |
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What are predators that eat herbivores called? |
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Level 4: Carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers. Apex predators are carnivores with no predators. |
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What is an apex predator? |
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Decomposers break down dead plant and animal matter by secreting enzymes into the environment. |
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What is the role of a decomposer and how do they do it? |
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Small soluble food molecules then diffuse into the microorganism. |
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How do the food molecules broken down by decomposers get into the microorganism? |
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