What is a food web?
The interconnected feeding relationships between various organisms in an ecosystem (a collection of food chains).
What is a food chain?
Shows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next.
What are producers?
Plants that produce food through the sun’s energy (photosynthesis)
What is the order of consumers in a food chain/web?
Producers –> Primary consumers –> Secondary –> Tertiary
How does energy move throughout a food chain/web?
Energy is passed along but lost at each stage
What is the role of decomposers?
To break down plant and animal material and return the nutrients to the soil.
What are consumers?
Organisms that get their energy from an outside source (like producers).
What is interdependence?
When all organisms in an ecosystem are dependent on each other.
