Food Chain

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What is a producer?

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An organism that creates its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What do herbivores eat?

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Plants only.

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What do carnivores eat?

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Other animals.

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What do omnivores eat?

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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 interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What is an apex predator?

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A predator at the top of the food chain with no natural enemies.

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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.

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What role do plants play in a food chain?

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Plants are producers that convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.