energy flow in ecosystems

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What is an ecosystem?

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All living and nonliving things that interact in an area.

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What do producers provide to consumers?

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Food, because animals cannot produce their own food.

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What is a food web?

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A system of interrelated food chains in an ecosystem.

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What would happen if an oak tree is removed from a forest food web?

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It would have the greatest impact on the food web.

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What do the arrows in a food web diagram represent?

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The flow of energy.

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What are producers?

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Organisms that can make their own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What are consumers?

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Organisms that cannot produce their own food and rely on eating other organisms.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass.

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

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The sun.