Energy FLow

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What are consumers that eat only plants called?

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Herbivores

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What do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?

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They show the direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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What is the correct order of the trophic levels in a food web or chain?

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Producer - Primary Consumer - Secondary Consumer - Tertiary Consumer - Decomposer

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What type of organism is a worm?

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Heterotroph

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In a food web, what organism is a tertiary consumer?

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Fox

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a heterotroph?

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An organism that cannot produce its own food and must consume other organisms.

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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 decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.