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What is a food chain? |
Series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy |
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What is each level called? |
"Tropic level" |
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Where does the food chain begin? |
Light energy from the sun |
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How do producers make food? |
They make food (glucose) using the sun's energy through photosynthesis |
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What is a primary(1st) consumer? |
Eats producers/plants and can be an omnivore or a herbivore |
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What is a secondary(2nd) consumer? |
A carnivore or omnivore eats the primary consumer |
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What is a tertiary(3rd) consumer? |
Eats primary or secondary consumers (called the "top of the food chain") |
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What do organisms use? |
Energy released in the food chain to power all of their daily activities through the process of cellular respiration |
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What is a food web? |
Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
