Plants make their own food. The sun gives them energy to produce food inside their roots, stem, leaves, etc.
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living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals for food
decomposers
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A diagram that shows how different food chains connect and overlap
Food Web
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TRUE or FALSE
An animal can be both a predator and prey.
Explain
True. Our prairie ecosystem is one example... A ferret is predator to the prairie dog, but it is also prey to a fox.
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living things that eat other living things
consumers
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Name the three levels of a food chain.
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
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Why are their fewer animals in a desert than a rainforest?
A desert has less water, so it is harder for animals to survive because fewer plants grow there. Also, a rainforest has many variety of plants, giving consumers options for their food.
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A consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
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Put these organisms in order of a correct food chain: deer, coyote, grass, earthworm
Grass
Deer
Coyote
Earthworm
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How is a food chain different than a food web?
A food chain is one part of a food web. A food web includes MANY populations within an ecosystem.
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A consumer that eats plants and animals
omnivore
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What would happen to hawk if there were no insects?
The hawk population would decrease because the animals that eat the insects would decrease and the hawks would run out of food.
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Give an example of when 2 different species might compete for the same prey.
In Africa, a lion and a tiger may compete for an antelope. If the antelope population decreased too much, the lion and tiger would have to look for another species of prey.