Food webs show how energy flows between organisms in an ecosystem. Producers like plants use sunlight to make their own food in a process called photosynthesis, while consumers eat other organisms to get energy and nutrients. Organisms are classified by their trophic level based on what they eat, with herbivores on the primary level eating producers, and carnivores and omnivores on higher secondary and tertiary levels preying on organisms from lower levels.
Food webs show how energy flows between organisms in an ecosystem. Producers like plants use sunlight to make their own food in a process called photosynthesis, while consumers eat other organisms to get energy and nutrients. Organisms are classified by their trophic level based on what they eat, with herbivores on the primary level eating producers, and carnivores and omnivores on higher secondary and tertiary levels preying on organisms from lower levels.
Food webs show how energy flows between organisms in an ecosystem. Producers like plants use sunlight to make their own food in a process called photosynthesis, while consumers eat other organisms to get energy and nutrients. Organisms are classified by their trophic level based on what they eat, with herbivores on the primary level eating producers, and carnivores and omnivores on higher secondary and tertiary levels preying on organisms from lower levels.