Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other living things to get energy.

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What is a producer?

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Any organism that makes its own food.

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What is a food web?

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Two or more food chains that overlap.

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What is a food chain?

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The path of food energy in an ecosystem as one living thing eats another.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process plants use to make food.

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What is a predator?

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An organism that hunts and eats other organisms.

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What is prey?

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An organism that is hunted and eaten by predators.

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What role do scavengers play in an ecosystem?

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Scavengers eat dead organisms and help recycle nutrients.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their environment.

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What is energy flow in a food chain?

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The transfer of energy from one organism to another through eating.