Food Chains/Webs

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a way of showing how energy from food moves through populations of organisms in a community.

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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 different organisms are related through feeding relationships.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an animal that primarily eats other animals.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that primarily eats plants.

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What is a population?

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A population is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.

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What is a community?

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A community is made up of different populations of organisms living together in a specific area.