Food Web and Energy Pyramid Review

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What does a food chain show?

Back

Energy flow through an ecosystem.

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Where does the energy in a food chain start?

Back

The Sun.

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

Back

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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Who is considered a producer in a food chain?

Back

Lettuce.

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What happens to the blue whale population if the krill population goes extinct?

Back

The blue whale population would also decrease.

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What is a food web?

Back

A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What role do consumers play in a food chain?

Back

Consumers eat producers or other consumers for energy.

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What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

Back

The Sun.

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Define 'herbivore'.

Back

An animal that primarily eats plants.

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Define 'carnivore'.

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An animal that primarily eats other animals.