Understanding food webs and food chains

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Organism that makes its own food

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Producer

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Organism that eats other things for food

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Consumer

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If the mouse eats the grasshopper and is then eaten by the owl, what is the mouse in the food chain?

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Secondary Consumer

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What does a Primary Consumer eat?

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Producers

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The fox in this food web would be considered a:

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Tertiary Consumer

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

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

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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.