Food Chains/Food Webs

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Consumer that eats only other animals

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Carnivore

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Consumer that eats both plants and animals

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Omnivore

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If a disease strikes the snakes, what will happen to the hawks?

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The hawks will decrease.

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In the energy pyramid, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

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Top Predator

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Which level of the energy pyramid would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?

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Producers (Level D)

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What are producers?

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Organisms that make their own food, usually through photosynthesis (e.g., plants).

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What are herbivores?

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Consumers that eat only plants.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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