The formal boundaries for the City of Lynchburg (see map below) encompass a land area of 49.13 sq. miles and a water area of 0.52 sq. miles. Lynchburg (city) County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). The elevation is 630 feet.
This food feeds herbivores, called primary consumers. Carnivores that feed on herbivores are called secondary consumers. Carnivores that feed on other carnivores are tertiary (or higher) consumers. Such a path of food consumption is called a food chain. Each level of consumption in a food chain is called a trophic level.
Transfer of Energy Consumers cannot make their own food. Instead they obtain energy by eating producers and other consumers. The energy stored in the molecules of one organism is transferred to another organism when one organism consumes another. At the same time, the matter that makes up those molecules is transferred from one organism to another. Each step in the series of organisms eating other organisms is called a trophic level . Food Chains and Food Webs A food chain is a way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another.