Food Chains and Food Webs Concepts

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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a food chain?
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A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem, typically starting with a producer and ending with a top predator.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a food web?
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A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains that illustrates how different organisms in an ecosystem are related through feeding relationships.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What role do producers play in a food chain?
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Producers, such as plants and phytoplankton, create their own food through photosynthesis and form the base of the food chain.
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NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are consumers in a food chain?
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Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms for energy. They can be primary (herbivores), secondary (carnivores), or tertiary (top predators).
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
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Decomposers, like fungi and bacteria, break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil and completing the nutrient cycle.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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How does energy transfer occur in a food chain?
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Energy transfer in a food chain occurs when one organism eats another, with only about 10% of the energy being passed on to the next level.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens to a food web if a key species is removed?
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Removing a key species can disrupt the balance of the food web, leading to population declines or increases in other species and potentially causing ecosystem collapse.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-2
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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