Food Chains, Food Webs, and Ecological Pyramids

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What do Herbivores eat?

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Plants ONLY.

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Which of the following is a herbivore? (Options: cricket, frog, hawk, shrew)

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Cricket.

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What type of symbiotic relationship exists when one organism benefits and the other is not affected?

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Commensalism.

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In a mutual relationship, both organisms are ________________.

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Benefiting.

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What type of relationship do barnacles have with whales?

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Commensalism.

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Define a food chain.

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

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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 an ecological pyramid?

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A graphical representation showing the distribution of biomass, numbers, or energy among trophic levels.

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What are primary consumers?

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Organisms that eat producers (plants) in a food chain.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

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They convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.