Food Web Practice

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a system of interconnected food chains that shows how energy and nutrients flow through an ecosystem.

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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 a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an organism that primarily eats other animals.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an organism that eats producers (plants) in a food web.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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A secondary consumer is an organism that eats primary consumers in a food web.

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What is an energy pyramid?

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An energy pyramid is a diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.

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What role do producers play in a food web?

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Producers, like plants, create energy through photosynthesis and are the base of the food web.

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What are benthic invertebrates?

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Benthic invertebrates are animals without backbones that live on the bottom of water bodies.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms.