Food Chains

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain shows how energy and nutrients move from one living thing to another in an ecosystem.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is a living thing, like a plant, that makes its own food using sunlight.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is a living thing that cannot make its own food and needs to eat plants or animals.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is a living thing, like bacteria or fungi, that breaks down dead plants and animals.

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What role do herbivores play in a food chain?

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Herbivores are consumers that eat only plants.

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What role do carnivores play in a food chain?

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Carnivores are consumers that eat only other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is a consumer that eats both plants and animals.

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What does the arrow in a food chain represent?

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The arrow points to the organism that gets the energy.

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Can you name a carnivore?

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A wolf is an example of a carnivore.

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Can you name a herbivore?

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A rabbit is an example of a herbivore.