What is a key difference between a food web and a food chain?

Ecosystem Roles and Food Chains

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Patricia Brown
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A food web is a single linear path of energy.
A food web consists of multiple interconnected food chains.
A food web only includes producers and primary consumers.
A food chain is more complex than a food web.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of consumer primarily eats plants?
Decomposers
Herbivores
Omnivores
Carnivores
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do omnivores consume?
Only meat
Only decomposed matter
Only plants
Both plants and meat
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the primary role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
To recycle nutrients from dead organic matter
To consume only plants
To act as primary consumers
To produce energy from the sun
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?
Fungi
Hawk
Mouse
Snake
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a desert food chain, what does the mouse primarily consume?
Plants
Snake
Decomposers
Hawk
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the role of the hawk in the desert food chain example?
Producer
Primary consumer
Secondary consumer
Tertiary consumer
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