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9. This term refers to the feeding levels within any ecosystem. 10. This categor

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9. This term refers to the feeding levels within any ecosystem. 10. This category of microscopic, aquatic organisms includes tens hundreds of thousands of different species of algae, but NO members of the Plant Kingdom. 11. Some species from this Kingdom function in nature as decomposers, i.e. they obtain their energy and nutrients from feeding on the cells and molecules of dead organisms. 12. This term is another way to say "third". 13. When crows, coyotes and crabs feed on whole or major portions of dead organisms, they are behaving as heterotrophic 14. In any ecosystem, this trophic level would contain the producers of the system. 15. Most members of this multicellular Kingdom are photosynthetic. 16. An exclusive herbivore, such as an eastern cottontail rabbit, would be feeding on the s trophic level. Using your textbook for reference, fill in the 9 blanks below. ary consumers ivores, the fourth trophic level ary consumers carnivores or the trophic level Vores primary consumers ivores the trophic level p. trophic leve

Explanation / Answer

9) Tropic level

10) phytoplankton

11) Fungi

12) Tertiary

13) Saprophytes

14) Primary

15) Plantae

16) second

The bottom one: PRODUCERS ,the 1st tropic level

second bottom: Herbivore,the 2nd tropic level

         Secondary consumer, Carnivores or Herbivores, the 3rd tropic level

Tertiary consumer, Carnivore,the fourth tropic level