Grade 5 - Food Web

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that gets energy from eating only plants.

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What is prey?

Back

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food.

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Which of the following is NOT a consumer: grass, dog, shark, fish?

Back

Grass.

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What do arrows in a food web represent?

Back

Energy.

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts other animals for food.

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What is an omnivore?

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An organism that gets energy from eating both plants and animals.

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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 role do producers play in a food web?

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Producers, like plants, create energy through photosynthesis and are the base of the food web.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.