Food Chains and Food Webs

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What do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?

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They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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What are the organisms that break down dead stuff called?

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Decomposers

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What is the term for all of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with one another?

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Ecosystem

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What type of eater are bears if they eat both berries and salmon?

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Omnivores

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare is removed from the food web?

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The shrew population would decrease due to being the only hawk food source.

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What are producers in a food chain?

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Organisms that make their own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms where each is eaten by the next one.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What are consumers in a food chain?

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Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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