Food Chains and Food Webs

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What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

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What does a food chain represent?

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A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web?

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The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.

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The shrew provides energy for the _______?

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snake

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Which organism has the most energy and which organism has the least amount of energy?

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grass and owl.

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What is a producer in a food chain?

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An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a consumer in a food chain?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a herbivore?

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An animal that only eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that only eats other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.