Food Webs

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem, showing how energy and nutrients flow between different organisms.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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A tertiary consumer is an organism that eats secondary consumers in a food web. Example: eagle.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an organism that only eats meat for energy.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an organism that only eats plants for energy.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an organism that eats producers (plants) in a food web. Example: butterfly.

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What role does the sun play in an ecosystem?

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The sun is the primary source of energy for all ecosystems, initiating energy transformations.

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is an organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis. Example: plants.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead organic material, returning nutrients to the soil. Example: fungi.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.