Ecosystems-Food Chains and Food Webs

What is an ecosystem?

• A community of organisms

• Abiotic and Biotic Environments

• A community of organisms and their environment

Food Chains are a direct transfer of

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The arrows in a Food Chain represent

• Types of animals

• Flow of Energy

• Types of Food Chains

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All energy on Earth comes from

• Oxygen

• Consumers

• Water

• Sun

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The grass in the food web above is typically

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The rabbit in the pictured food web provides energy to which animal or animals?

• Grashopper

• Deer

• Fox

• Hawk

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A consumer

• Eats other animals and plants for energy

• Eats dead plants and animals

• Produces Energy

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A producer

• Produces its own energy

• Eats other plants and animals

• Eats dead plants and animals for energy

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This animal is an example of a

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

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What do omnivores eat?

• Plants

• Meat

• Decomposers