Food Webs

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What is a consumer that eats both plants and meat called?

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Omnivore

Front

What is the ultimate source of energy for all life on Earth?

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Sun

Front

What do we call a network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem?

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Food web

Front

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil.

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What is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment?

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Ecology

Front

What type of consumer only eats plants?

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Herbivore

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What type of consumer only eats meat?

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Carnivore

Front

What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

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Photosynthesis

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What are organisms that produce their own food called?

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Producers

Front

What is the term for organisms that eat other organisms to gain energy?

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Consumers