Food Chains

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

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What do producers do in a food chain?

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Producers, like plants, make their own food using sunlight and provide energy for other organisms.

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What is a consumer in a food chain?

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Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an herbivore that eats producers, like grasshoppers eating grass.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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A secondary consumer is a carnivore that eats primary consumers, like snakes eating grasshoppers.

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What is a predator?

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A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals.

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What is prey?

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Prey is an animal that is hunted and eaten by predators.

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How does energy flow in a food chain?

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Energy flows from producers to primary consumers, then to secondary consumers, and so on.

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What happens if a top predator is removed from a food chain?

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If a top predator is removed, the population of its prey may increase, leading to an imbalance.

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What role do decomposers play in a food chain?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil.