Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is a producer?

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An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment.

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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 a niche?

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The unique way an organism survives or its 'job' within the environment.

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that gets energy by eating other animals.

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What is a herbivore?

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An animal that gets energy by eating only plants.

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What is an omnivore?

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An animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.