day food webs and chains

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What are consumers that eat ONLY MEAT (other animals)?

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Carnivores

Front

What does abiotic mean?

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Nonliving

Front

How much of the energy in each level of an ecological pyramid gets lost as heat or used by the organism?

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90%

Front

What is the term for an organism that makes its own energy and begins the food chain?

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Producer

Front

What is an example of an abiotic factor?

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Weather

Front

What are the primary producers in a food web?

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Plants and phytoplankton

Front

What is the role of herbivores in a food chain?

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Herbivores are primary consumers that eat plants.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is the significance of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organic matter, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.