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 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 is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead material and waste, returning nutrients to the soil, like fungi and bacteria.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that gets energy from eating only plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an animal that gets energy from eating other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an organism that eats producers, like a rabbit eating grass.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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A secondary consumer is an organism that eats primary consumers, like a snake eating a rabbit.

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and waste, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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