Food Webs

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• What herbivores live in the rainforest?
• How do herbivores differ from carnivores?
• How can herbivores be a predator?
• What are some examples of herbivores?
• What is a food web?
• Can decomposers and parasites be included in food webs and food chains?
• What is the difference between a food chain, a food web, and an energy pyramid?
• How do decomposers fit into the food web?
• Why are ocean food chains longer than land food chains?
• How would you describe the role of a producer in a food chain?
• What is the position of elephants in a food chain?
• How many food chains make up the food web?
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• Why is a food web a more realistic representation of a community as compared to a food chain?
• What is the role of plant-like plankton in the marine food web?
• Which is larger: A food web or food chain?
• Which represents an ecosystem better: A food chain or food web? Why?
• Who's a rabbits producer?
• How would a food web be affected if a species disappeared from an ecosystem?
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• Why do food webs require a continual input of energy from the Sun?
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• What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
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• Why is a food web a more realistic way of portraying an ecosystem than a food chain?
• Where do producers get the carbon to make sugars and starches?
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• What are ecologists trying to figure out by using food webs?
• How can you trace an animal's trophic level on a food web?
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• Which consume organic matter? Decomposers, heterotrophs, or carnivores?
• Predators are prudent In nature .justify the statement?
• What is the difference between parasites and predators?
• Do we say mode of nutrition in herbivores to be herbivorous or herbivore?