Food Chains and Webs

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that gets energy from eating only plants.

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What role do worms play in an ecosystem?

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Worms are considered decomposers.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms.

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

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The Sun.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats 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 is an omnivore?

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An organism that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals.

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts and eats other animals.