By Jackson
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By Jackson |
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| Food Chain:
A ranked series or organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food. |
Food Web:
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. |
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Grass Beetle Frog Snapping Turtle |
| This is
an example of a food chain, it starts with the grass, which gets it's energy
from the sun. A food chain always starts with a producer, then a herbivore
or omnivore is next, followed by a carnivore or omnivore, then ends with
a top predator. Decomposers eat all the dead
plants and animals no matter where they are in the food chain. |
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Here are some definitions of
words so you know what's going on
Prey: An organism that is hunted by a predator. Producer: An organism that can produce its own food. Consumer: An organism that can not produce its own food. Decomposer: An organism that eats dead organisms. Carnivore: An animal that feeds on other animals. Herbivore: An animal that feeds on plants. Omnivore: An animal that feeds on plants and animals. |
| This
is a food web, similar to a food chain but more complicated. |
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