Trophic Practice

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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 web. They are typically at the top of the food chain.

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Identify a Secondary Consumer in a food web.

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A secondary consumer is an organism that eats primary consumers. In the provided food web, the fox is a secondary consumer.

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What is a Producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, such as plants.

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Define Decomposer.

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead organisms, non-living material, or waste, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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What is a Food Web?

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A food web is a complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem, showing how energy and nutrients flow.

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What is a Primary Consumer?

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A primary consumer is an organism that eats producers. Examples include herbivores like rabbits and deer.

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Explain the role of a Predator.

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A predator is an organism that hunts and eats other organisms (prey) for energy.

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What are Abiotic Factors?

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Abiotic factors are non-living components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, temperature, and soil.

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What is the difference between a Food Chain and a Food Web?

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A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms where each is eaten by the next, while a food web is a more complex network of interconnected food chains.

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What is an Autotroph?

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An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food from inorganic substances, typically through photosynthesis.