Biol - Food Chains Flashcards

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What is a producer?

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A producer makes their own food.

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What do the arrows in a food chain represent?

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Show the direction that energy travels through the food chain.

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What is a consumer?

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Consumers are animals that feed on other organisms as they CANT make their own food.

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What can a first stage consumer also be known as?

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A herbivore.

Can feed only off plants

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A second stage consumer can also be known as what?

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A carnivore.

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What is an omnivore?

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Feed off both animals and plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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Feed off only living things/animals.

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What is a herbivore?

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Can only feed off plants.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain shows how energy, needed by all living organisms, is transferred from one organism to another.

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