Food Chains

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals to return nutrients to the soil.

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What is a food chain?

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The flow of energy through producers and consumers.

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What type of consumer eats only meat?

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Carnivores.

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What is the role of a producer in a food chain?

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To use sunlight to make food.

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What is a food web?

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Overlapping food chains where animals can eat many different things in their ecosystem.

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What do herbivores eat?

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Plants.

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What is the primary source of energy for producers?

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Sunlight.

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

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What is prey?

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An animal that is hunted and eaten by predators.

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What is the difference between omnivores and carnivores?

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Omnivores eat both plants and animals, while carnivores eat only meat.