Food Chains

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an animal that eats only meat.

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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 herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that eats only plants.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a sequence that shows how energy and nutrients are passed from one organism to another.

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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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What role do producers play in a food chain?

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Producers, like plants, create their own food through photosynthesis and provide energy for other organisms.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms and their environment, interacting as a system.

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How do energy and nutrients flow in an ecosystem?

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Energy and nutrients flow from producers to consumers and then to decomposers in an ecosystem.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.