Food Webs

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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 apex predator?

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An apex predator is an animal at the top of the food chain that has no natural predators.

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What happens if there are too many herbivores in an ecosystem?

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If there are too many herbivores, they may eat all the plants, leading to a lack of food for other animals and an imbalance in the ecosystem.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for energy, such as animals and humans.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What role do plants play in a food web?

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Plants are producers that provide energy for consumers in a food web.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that only eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an animal that only eats other animals.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.

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How does energy flow in a food web?

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Energy flows from producers to consumers and then to decomposers in a food web.