Science Unit 2 Mod 2

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem, showing how energy and nutrients flow between them.

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What are producers?

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Producers are organisms, like plants, that make their own food through photosynthesis and are at the beginning of a food chain.

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What is the role of consumers in a food chain?

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Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms (producers or other consumers) to obtain energy.

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What is prey?

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Prey are organisms that are eaten by predators in a food chain.

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What is a predator?

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Predators are animals that hunt and eat other animals (prey) for food.

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Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from?

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The energy for photosynthesis comes from the sun.

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What is the difference between herbivores and carnivores?

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Herbivores are animals that eat plants, while carnivores are animals that eat other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is an organism that eats both plants and animals.

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What is the energy pyramid?

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The energy pyramid is a graphical representation showing the flow of energy at different levels of a food chain, with producers at the base and top predators at the top.

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What happens to energy as it moves up the food chain?

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As energy moves up the food chain, it decreases because energy is lost at each trophic level, primarily through metabolic processes.