Food webs

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Producers are...

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Plants that are able to do photosynthesis and are also called autotrophs.

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Which organism uses photosynthesis to get energy?

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Grass.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers, such as a rabbit.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers, such as a fox.

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What do arrows in a food web represent?

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Energy transfer.

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Define autotrophs.

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Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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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 role do decomposers play in a food web?

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They break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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An organism that eats secondary consumers.