Food Chains

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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 flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

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What is a producer in a food chain?

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A producer is an organism, like a plant, that makes its own food using sunlight.

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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 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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What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

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Decomposers break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is the flow of energy in a food chain?

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Energy flows from producers to herbivores, then to carnivores.

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Give an example of a food chain.

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Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake.

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What do we call the first level of a food chain?

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The first level is called the producer level.

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What is the second level of a food chain?

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The second level is called the primary consumer level, which includes herbivores.