Flashcard: Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is a Consumer?

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An organism that eats other organisms to obtain energy.

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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 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 Producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is a Carnivore?

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An organism that primarily eats other animals.

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What is an Herbivore?

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is an Omnivore?

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An organism that eats both plants and animals.

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What role do Decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They recycle nutrients back into the soil, making them available for producers.

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How does energy flow in a food chain?

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Energy flows from producers to consumers and then to decomposers.