Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that gets energy by eating other animals.

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What is a heterotroph?

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An organism that must use other organisms for food, such as animals.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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An organism that is at the top of the food chain and eats secondary consumers.

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What role does the shrew play in the food web?

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The shrew provides energy for predators such as snakes.

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What is a consumer in ecological terms?

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms.

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What is a food chain?

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

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers, typically herbivores.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.