Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, and Food Chain Review

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What is a producer?

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A producer is a living thing that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is a living thing that eats other organisms for energy, such as animals.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil, like fungi and bacteria.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a model that shows how energy flows from one living thing to another in an ecosystem.

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex model that shows how different food chains in an ecosystem are interconnected.

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Why do hawks need to eat many mice and rabbits?

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Hawks need to eat many mice and rabbits because they only get part of the energy from the animals they eat.

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Which organism is usually the first source of energy in a food chain?

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The first source of energy in a food chain is typically a producer, like a shrub or grass.

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What role do plants play in a food chain?

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Plants are producers that provide energy for consumers in a food chain.

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What happens to energy as it moves up the food chain?

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As energy moves up the food chain, it decreases because each consumer only gets part of the energy from the organism it eats.

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Can you name a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an organism that eats producers, such as a rabbit or a grasshopper.