Food Webs

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own energy.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other organisms for food & energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead organisms.

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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An organism that primarily eats other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An organism that eats both plants and animals.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What does the 10% rule state?

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Only 10% of energy is transferred to the next trophic level.

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What is a trophic level?

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Each step in a food chain or food web, representing a different level of energy transfer.