Food Chains & Food Webs

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What do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?

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They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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What is the largest group of organisms found in a food web?

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Producers.

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What does the arrow mean in a food chain or food web?

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Gets eaten by.

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

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Consumer.

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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 is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; typically herbivores.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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An organism that eats secondary consumers; often carnivores.

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food, such as plants.