Food Chain, Food Web and Ecological Pyramid

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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.

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What is an Omnivore?

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An omnivore is an organism that eats both plants and animals.

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How do Primary Consumers differ from Secondary Consumers?

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Primary consumers eat only plants; secondary consumers eat other consumers.

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What is a Decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms.

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In a food web, what do the arrows represent?

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The arrows in a food web point to who gets energy.

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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 is a Food Web?

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A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What is an Ecological Pyramid?

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An ecological pyramid is a graphical representation showing the relative amounts of energy or biomass at each trophic level in an ecosystem.

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What are Primary Consumers?

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Primary consumers are organisms that eat only plants, such as herbivores.

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What are Secondary Consumers?

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Secondary consumers are organisms that eat primary consumers, typically carnivores or omnivores.