Producers and Consumers

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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 gets energy by eating other organisms.

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How do consumers get energy?

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By eating other organisms.

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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.

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a connection of food chains with many food energy paths.

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Where does the energy in a food web come from?

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The energy in a food web comes from the sun.

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What do producers need to make food?

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Producers need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food.

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What do producers make using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?

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Producers make sugar.

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Give an example of a producer.

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An example of a producer is a plant.

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Give an example of a consumer.

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An example of a consumer is an animal.