Food Web and Pyramids

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What is a Food Web?

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A Food Web is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem, showing how energy and nutrients flow between different organisms.

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What is a Tertiary Consumer?

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A Tertiary Consumer is an organism that eats secondary consumers in a food chain, typically at the top of the food web.

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Which organism occupies the highest trophic level?

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The organism that occupies the highest trophic level is usually a top predator, such as an eagle that eats snakes.

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What happens if a key species is removed from a food web?

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Removing a key species can disrupt the balance of the ecosystem, leading to population increases or decreases in other species.

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What is the correct energy flow in an ecosystem?

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The correct energy flow in an ecosystem is: sun > producers > consumers > decomposers.

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What is a Food Chain?

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A Food Chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What are Producers?

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Producers are organisms, like plants, that create their own food through photosynthesis and form the base of the food web.

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What are Decomposers?

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Decomposers are organisms, such as fungi and bacteria, that break down dead organic material, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is a Primary Consumer?

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A Primary Consumer is an organism that eats producers, typically herbivores that feed on plants.

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What is a Secondary Consumer?

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A Secondary Consumer is an organism that eats primary consumers, often carnivores or omnivores.