Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a single path of energy transfer within a habitat, showing how energy moves from one organism to another.

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What is a food web?

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A food web represents all connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat, illustrating how they are interconnected.

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Where does the energy in a food chain start?

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The energy in a food chain starts from the Sun.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that can create its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is an autotroph?

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An autotroph is a type of producer that makes its own food from sunlight or chemical energy.

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from it in a food web?

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More than one organism may eat it.

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What is the role of herbivores in a food chain?

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Herbivores are consumers that eat plants, transferring energy from producers to higher trophic levels.

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What is the role of carnivores in a food chain?

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Carnivores are consumers that eat other animals, transferring energy from one consumer to another.

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What is a trophic level?

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A trophic level is a position in a food chain or food web, indicating the flow of energy from producers to various levels of consumers.