4.4 Trophic Levels

Trophic => To feed
Names given to different feeding levels

Plant (Photosynthesis) -> Herbivore -> Carnivore -> Top Carnivore
Producer -> Primary consumer -> Secondary consumer -> Tertiary consumer

1) Light energy -> Chemical energy
2) Chemical energy (of plant) -> Chemical energy (of fly)
3) & 4) Chem energy -> Chem energy

After death -> broken down by decomposers (fungi, bacteria)
Recycles molecules into nitrates and phosphates