food webs and chains

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem, starting from producers to various levels of consumers.

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains that illustrates how different organisms in an ecosystem are related through feeding relationships.

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What is the role of a producer in a food chain?

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Producers, like plants, use sunlight to make their own food through photosynthesis, forming the base of the food chain.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that primarily eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an animal that primarily eats other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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

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What is a decomposer?

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Decomposers, like fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What does it mean if an organism has multiple arrows pointing away from it in a food web?

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It means that more than one organism may eat that organism.

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What is the primary source of energy for most food chains?

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The primary source of energy for most food chains is the sun.

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What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?

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A primary consumer eats producers (plants), while a secondary consumer eats primary consumers.