4.1.3 - Food Chains and Webs
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What is a food chain?
💡 Hint: Think of how one organism is eaten by another.
What are producers?
💡 Hint: Remember, they are the basis of the food chain.
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What represents the flow of energy in an ecosystem?
💡 Hint: Think about the sequence of who eats whom.
True or False: In a food web, all organisms are connected.
💡 Hint: Consider how animals might eat multiple types of food.
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Discuss the potential consequences of introducing an invasive species into an existing food web.
💡 Hint: Think about how the new species may affect the existing predators and prey.
Design an experiment that tests the effect of removing a specific herbivore from a food chain.
💡 Hint: Consider what indicators will show the effects on the ecosystem.
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