Interactions between Organisms

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem.

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Why are decomposers important in a food web?

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Decomposers return nutrients to the soil for plants to use.

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What is an example of cooperation in nature?

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A group of vultures eating a dead organism and bellowing loudly to attract a coyote.

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Is the relationship between a remora fish and a shark helpful?

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No, it is a symbiotic relationship that is helpful.

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What does it mean when a snake eats a field mouse?

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It is an example of a predator-prey relationship.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms where each is eaten by the next in the chain.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

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Producers, like plants, create energy through photosynthesis and form the base of the food web.

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What is symbiosis?

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Symbiosis is a close relationship between two different species that can be beneficial, harmful, or neutral.

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What is a predator?

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A predator is an organism that hunts and eats other organisms.

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What is a prey?

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Prey are organisms that are hunted and eaten by predators.