Unit 2: Food Webs

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What is a producer?

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A living thing that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a consumer?

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A living thing that cannot make its own food and relies on other organisms for energy, such as animals.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil, like fungi and bacteria.

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What is the primary role of producers in a food web?

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Producers create energy through photosynthesis, forming the base of the food web.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; typically herbivores, like rabbits.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers; can be carnivores or omnivores, like foxes.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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An organism that eats secondary consumers; often top predators, like eagles.

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How does energy flow in a food web?

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Energy flows from producers to consumers and then to decomposers.

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What is the significance of the sun in a food web?

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The sun provides the energy that producers use to create food, which supports all other levels of the food web.

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What is an example of a food chain?

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Grass (producer) → Rabbit (primary consumer) → Fox (secondary consumer).