Food Webs

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What does a food web show?

Back

The energy transfer relationships between species in an ecosystem.

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How many organisms get their energy from grass?

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2

Front

List the flow of energy based on the food web: Grass, cricket, scorpion.

Back

Grass, cricket, scorpion.

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Name all of the producers in the food web.

Back

Corn, flowering plant, lavender, mangoes.

Front

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

Back

A food chain follows one path of energy. A food web is a whole system of food chains.

Front

What is a producer in a food web?

Back

An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What is a consumer in a food web?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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Give an example of a primary consumer.

Back

A rabbit, which eats plants.

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Give an example of a secondary consumer.

Back

A snake, which eats rabbits.