Food Chains and Food Webs Practice

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What is a community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment?

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Ecosystem

Front

What is a connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem?

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Food web

Front

Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producer?

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Owl

Front

What is the process of plants using energy from the sun to create the first trophic level?

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Photosynthesis

Front

What is an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis?

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Autotroph

Front

What term describes organisms that cannot produce their own food and must consume other organisms?

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Heterotroph

Front

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

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The Sun

Front

What is the term for the first level of a food chain, typically consisting of plants?

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Producers

Front

What do we call organisms that eat primary producers?

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Primary consumers

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organic matter and recycle nutrients.