Food Chains and Food Webs

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What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

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What is the largest group of organisms found in a food web?

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Producers

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What do we call an animal that eats other animals?

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Carnivore

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What does a food chain represent?

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A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

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More than one organism may eat them.

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What are producers in a food web?

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Organisms that create their own food through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers, typically herbivores.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is an omnivore?

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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What role do tertiary consumers play in a food web?

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They are predators that eat secondary consumers.