Ecosystems & The Food Web

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

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Consumer

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What is the main difference between a consumer and a producer?

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A producer makes its own food, but a consumer must get food from other living things.

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Is the sun the major source of energy in a food chain?

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True

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Which organisms are found the most in an ecosystem?

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Producers

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What is a sequence of organisms where each one is eaten by the next called?

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Food Chain

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What do we call the network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem?

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Food Web

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is the term for organisms that make their own food using sunlight?

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Autotrophs

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What is the primary source of energy for producers?

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The Sun

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What type of consumer eats only plants?

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Herbivore