Food Webs

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem, showing how energy and nutrients flow between different organisms.

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What role do producers play in a food web?

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Producers, like plants, create their own food through photosynthesis and serve as the primary energy source for consumers in a food web.

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What is the primary source of energy for plants?

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The sun.

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What are consumers in a food web?

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Consumers are organisms that cannot produce their own food and rely on eating other organisms (plants or animals) for energy.

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What are decomposers?

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Decomposers are organisms, like fungi and bacteria, that break down dead organic matter and waste, returning nutrients to the soil.

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How do energy transformations begin in an ecosystem?

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All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with the sun.

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What happens to the population of grasshoppers if frogs become extinct?

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The grasshopper population will increase.

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What is the effect of an increase in the cricket population on the grass/flowers population?

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There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

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What is a herbivore?

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A herbivore is an animal that primarily eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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A carnivore is an animal that primarily eats other animals.