Food Chains, Food Webs, and Wild Kratts

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a diagram that shows the transfer of energy in a straight line from one organism to another.

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What is the most important part of a food web?

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Producers like grass are the most important part of a food web because they create energy for other organisms.

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Who eats more grass, elephants or termites?

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Termites eat more grass than elephants.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own energy, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an organism that cannot make its own energy and eats only plants.

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

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

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex diagram that shows how different food chains are interconnected in an ecosystem.

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Give an example of a primary consumer.

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An example of a primary consumer is a rabbit, which eats plants.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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A secondary consumer is an organism that eats primary consumers.

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What is the difference between herbivores and carnivores?

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Herbivores eat plants, while carnivores eat other animals.