Crash Course-Food Chain

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a model that shows how energy flows between living things.

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Are most living things in more than one food chain?

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True

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What is a system?

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A system is a self-contained collection of different things that work together as a whole.

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What does energy do through living things?

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Energy flows.

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What does the sun give its energy to?

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Producer.

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What is a producer in a food chain?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What is a consumer in a food chain?

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A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What role do plants play in a food chain?

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Plants are producers that convert sunlight into energy.

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What role do animals play in a food chain?

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Animals can be consumers or decomposers, depending on their diet.