what are food chains and webs?
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What Are
Food
Chains and
Webs?
food chain
food web
ecosystem
absorbs
algae
ridges
predators
scavenger
omnivores
diet
herbivore
carnivore
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food chain - a group of living things that form a
chain in which the first living thing is eaten by
the second, the second is eaten by the third,
and so on
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food web – n. a group of food chains in an
ecosystem that are connected
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ecosystem – n. all the living and nonliving
things in a certain area
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absorbs – v. takes in
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algae – n. simple living things that are composed of
one or more cells. Most algae are plants that do
not have roots or flowers.
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ridges – n. plural of ridge: a raised, narrow
strip
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predators – n. plural of predator: an animal
that hunts and kills others animals for food
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scavenger – n. an animal that feeds on other
animals
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omnivores – n. plural of omnivore; an animal
that eats both animal flesh and plants
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diet – n. the food and drink eaten by an animal
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carnivore – n. an animal that eats only the
flesh of other animals
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herbivore – n. an animal that eats only plants
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line 1 – sun’s energy herbivore’s body animal’s body omnivore’s diet
line 2 – nonconfrontational nonmeasurable nonjudgemental
nonrenewable
line 3– stable compound mine pupil
line 4 – omnivores carnivores herbivores devour