Food Chains and Webs

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What is a carnivore?

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A type of organism that only eats meat.

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What is an omnivore?

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A type of organism that eats both plants and meat.

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What is a herbivore?

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A type of organism that only eats plants.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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A consumer that eats either a primary consumer or secondary consumer and is considered the top of the food chain.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A consumer that eats only plants.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms where nutrients and energy pass from one to 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 role do decomposers play in a food chain?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.