Flow of Energy: Food Webs

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What are plants called because they produce, or make, food energy (glucose)?

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Producers

Front

What are animals called because they must consume (eat) other organisms for food energy?

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Consumers

Front

What do we call the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

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Photosynthesis

Front

In a food chain, what do the arrows represent?

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Flow of energy

Front

What is the term for organisms that break down dead or decaying matter?

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Decomposers

Front

What type of consumer eats both plants and animals?

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Omnivores

Front

What is the first level of consumers in a food chain called?

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Primary consumers

Front

What is the second level of consumers in a food chain called?

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Secondary consumers

Front

What is the third level of consumers in a food chain called?

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Tertiary consumers

Front

What is the role of producers in a food web?

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To create energy through photosynthesis.