Ecosystems-Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of organisms and their environment

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Food Chains are a direct transfer of

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energy, flow of energy

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All energy on Earth comes from:

Oxygen

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Consumers

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Water

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Sun

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Sun

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The grass in the food web above is typically

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a producer

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A consumer

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Eats other animals and plants for energy

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What does a producer do?

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Produces its own energy

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Producers use this process to turn the sun's light into energy.

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Photosynthesis

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Food Chains always start with:

Consumers

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Producers

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Tertiary Consumers

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Decomposers

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Producers

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Why is a food web more accurate than a food chain?

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A food web shows many relationships between organisms in many food chains