Food Webs

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What is a food web?

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

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism, usually a plant, that can make its own food through photosynthesis and serves as a food source for consumers.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms (plants or animals) to obtain energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is an herbivore?

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An herbivore is an animal that eats only plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an animal that eats only other animals.

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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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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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Give an example of a producer in a food web.

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An example of a producer is lettuce.

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

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Decomposers recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem by breaking down dead organisms.