Food Chains and Food Webs reading questions

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What travels through a food chain or food web?

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energy

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What is the ultimate energy for all life on Earth?

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sunlight

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The 1st organism in a food chain must always be what type of organism?

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primary producer

Front

Name 2 food making processes.

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photosynthesis and chemosynthesis

Front

Where do chemosynthetic bacteria get their energy?

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hydrothermal vents

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herbivore

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organism that obtains energy from eating autotrophs

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Herbivores are also called ____________________.

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primary consumers

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What are animals called that feed on herbivores?

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secondary consumer

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Secondary consumers are eaten by larger _________________________________ (Options: prey, predators, producers, primary energy source).

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predators

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__________________________ consumers eat secondary consumers.

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tertiary