Food Chains & Food Webs

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a 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 in an ecosystem, showing how different organisms are related through feeding relationships.

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What are producers?

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Producers are organisms, like plants, that make their own food using sunlight through a process called photosynthesis.

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What are consumers?

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Consumers are organisms that eat other living things for energy. They cannot make their own food.

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What are decomposers?

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Decomposers are organisms, like fungi and bacteria, that break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What role do consumers play in a food chain?

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Consumers eat other species and help control their populations, preventing overpopulation.

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Can you name a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an herbivore that eats plants, like a rabbit.

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Can you name a secondary consumer?

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A secondary consumer is a carnivore that eats primary consumers, like a snake that eats a rabbit.

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What is an example of a decomposer?

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An example of a decomposer is a mushroom that breaks down dead leaves.

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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.