Food Chains Day 1

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What is a Producer?

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food, such as plants.

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What is a Consumer?

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An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil, like earthworms.

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What is a Food Chain?

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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 complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What is a Herbivore?

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An animal that primarily eats plants.

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What is a Carnivore?

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An animal that primarily eats other animals.

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What is an Autotroph?

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An organism that can produce its own food from sunlight or chemical energy.

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What are Abiotic Factors?

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Non-living components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and soil.

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What role do Decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They recycle nutrients by breaking down dead organic matter.