A food web is like a super cool map that shows how different plants and animals in an ecosystem are connected by what they eat! ๐โก๏ธ๐โก๏ธ๐ฆ Itโs not just one line, like a food chain, but a bunch of chains all tangled together. Food webs help us understand how energy and nutrients move around in nature. When one thing changes in a food web, it can affect everything else โ that's why itโs important to protect all the parts of the ecosystem. ๐
Match the terms with their definitions:
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Producer | A. An organism that eats other organisms |
| 2. Consumer | B. An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals |
| 3. Decomposer | C. An organism that makes its own food using sunlight |
| 4. Food Chain | D. A sequence showing who eats whom in an ecosystem |
| 5. Ecosystem | E. A community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment |
(Answers: 1-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D, 5-E)
Use the words energy, sun, consumers, food web, and producers to complete the paragraph.
The source of all _________ in a food web is the _________. _________ like plants create their own food. Then, _________ eat the producers (or other consumers). All of these connected feeding relationships make up a complex _________.
(Answers: energy, sun, Producers, Consumers, food web)
Imagine a forest food web. What might happen if all the deer suddenly disappeared? Explain your answer.
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