Food Chains and webs

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What is the primary source of energy in a food chain?

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The Sun.

Front

What term is used to describe organisms that produce their own food using sunlight?

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Producers.

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What is the process by which producers make food using sunlight called?

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Photosynthesis.

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In a food chain, which type of organism typically consumes producers?

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Primary consumers (herbivores).

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What role do primary consumers play in a food chain?

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They eat producers and convert the energy stored in plants into a form that can be used by higher trophic levels.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers.

Front

Which organism in a food chain is typically at the top of the food web?

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A top predator.

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What is the term for a series of interconnected food chains?

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Food web.

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How does energy flow through an ecosystem?

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Energy flows from producers to primary consumers, then to secondary consumers, and so on.

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What happens to energy as it moves up the food chain?

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Energy decreases at each trophic level due to energy loss as heat and metabolic processes.