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Communities!
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• All around us are organisms (living things) living in communities, e.g. in NZ native bush.
• Each species has its own population within the community, and a niche where it lives.
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• Producers – Organisms that make their own food from sunlight energy – Examples: plants, trees, moss, algae
• Consumers – Organisms that eat other organisms (plants or animals)– Examples: caterpillars, bugs, birds, dogs,
possums, fish, frogs, humans• Decomposers – Organisms that break down
the bodies of dead organisms and waste– Examples: bacteria and fungi
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Different types of consumers• Carnivores – only eat other animals• Herbivores – only eat plants• Omnivores – eat plants and animals
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Food chains• A community contains many food chains which link up
to form a food web • e.g. grass sheep human• Each step in the food chain is called a trophic level. • It shows “who eats who”• Energy flows from the lowest trophic level to the
highest trophic level. Energy enters the chain as light and exits as heat.
• The arrow shows the direction of energy flow• Only 10% of energy flows from one level to the next.
The other 90% is converted to heat.
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• Grass is the…..• Consumers can be first order
(herbivores), second or third order (omnivores and carnivores), and higher!
• Grasshopper is the…..• Birds are the….• Cats are the….
Trophic levels
Producer
First-order consumer
Second-order consumer
Third-order consumer
grass grasshopper birds cats
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• Grass is the producer• Consumers can be first order
(herbivores), second or third order (omnivores and carnivores), and higher!
• Grasshopper is the first-order consumer
• Birds are the second-order consumers
• Cats are the third-order consumers
Trophic levels
Producer
First-order consumer
Second-order consumer
Third-order consumer
grass grasshopper birds cats
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Plant plankton
Animal plankton
Fish
Penguins
Krill shrimp
Baleen whales
Squid
Sea birds Sperm whales
Seals
T1 Producers
T2 Herbivores (first-order consumers)
T4 Omnivores and Carnivores (second-order consumers)
T5 Carnivores (third-order consumers)
T6 Carnivores (fourth-order consumers
T3 Omnivores (second-order consumers)
T=Trophic Level