Food Web Review

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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 an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals, and microorganisms) interacting with their physical environment (air, water, soil).

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that can make its own food using sunlight, typically through the process of photosynthesis.

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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 herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that primarily eats plants.

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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 an omnivore?

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

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What is prey?

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Prey is an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals.

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What is a predator?

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A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals.

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the soil and helping to recycle matter in the ecosystem.