Key Concepts 5.9B

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What is the source of all energy transferred through food webs?

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The Sun.

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What do green plants do to begin the flow of energy in a food web?

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Make their own food using sunlight.

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How does energy flow from one organism to the next in a food web?

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By consumers eating consumers and by consumers eating producers.

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What is the role of decomposers in a food web?

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To break down organic wastes and dead organisms.

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What process do producers use to create their own food using the Sun’s energy?

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Photosynthesis.

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What are producers in a food web?

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Organisms that make their own food, primarily green plants.

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What are consumers in a food web?

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Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a food web?

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A system of interconnected food chains showing how energy flows through an ecosystem.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants use sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water.

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What are decomposers?

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Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.