Food Webs

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What role do bacteria, fungi, and worms serve in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers - they break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the soil.

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Which animals receive energy directly from consumers in a food web?

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Shrews and red foxes - they are consumers that eat other animals.

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What is an organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy called?

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Consumer - they rely on other organisms for food.

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Where does the energy in a food chain start?

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Sun - it is the primary source of energy for all living things.

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What do decomposers get energy from?

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Dead things and waste - they recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is a producer in a food web?

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An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a herbivore?

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An animal that only eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that only eats other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

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A food chain shows a single path of energy flow, while a food web shows multiple interconnected paths.