Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains that shows how different organisms are related through feeding relationships.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that can make its own food using sunlight, such as plants.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is a type of consumer that eats only plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is a type of consumer that eats only other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is a type of consumer that eats both plants and animals.

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What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and add nutrients back into the soil.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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What is the energy flow in a food chain?

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Energy flows from producers to consumers and then to decomposers.

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