5.4.1 - Food Chains and Food Webs
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Practice Questions
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What is a food chain?
💡 Hint: Think about how plants provide energy to animals.
List the first trophic level.
💡 Hint: These organisms can make their own food.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary role of producers in a food chain?
💡 Hint: Think about who provides energy for the consumers.
True or False: Energy is completely transferred to the next trophic level.
💡 Hint: Consider how energy is lost in other forms.
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Challenge Problems
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You observe a significant drop in the population of a primary consumer. Predict what implications this might have on the food web and its components.
💡 Hint: Think about the connections between primary consumers and both producers and secondary consumers.
Analyze a local ecosystem's food web. Identify at least three producers, three consumers, and one decomposer, describing their roles.
💡 Hint: Try to picture each organism's role and interactions in the local environment.
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