Food Chains, Food Webs, Ecosystems

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What is a Food Web?

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A Food Web shows the competition and interconnections between different food chains in an ecosystem.

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What happens when two species compete for the same food source?

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They will compete with each other to get enough food to survive.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that eats plants, like a cow that eats grass.

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Which organisms depend on the Mayfly as a food source?

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Frog, salamander, and trout depend on the Mayfly as a food source.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is a habitat?

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A habitat is the natural environment where an organism lives.