Food Web & Biomagnification Review

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that gets energy from eating only plants.

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Which organism in a food web contains the lowest concentration of chemical pollutants?

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Producers.

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What is an omnivore?

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An organism that eats both plants and animals.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms.

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What is the ultimate source of energy for most organisms?

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The Sun.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.

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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 biomagnification?

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The process by which the concentration of toxic substances increases in each successive level of the food web.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers (plants).

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers.