ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Question
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This is a food chain that includes grass, a grasshopper, and a bird. grass
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It is a producer, because it makes its own food.
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It is a producer, because it is eaten by consumers.
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It is a consumer, because it gets energy from producers.
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It is a decomposer, because it breaks down sunlight
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Grasshoppers are primary consumers because they eat plants, which are producers. Producers are the base of the pyramid, the first trophic level.
Detailed explanation-2: -How is the grass in this food chain best described? It is a producer, because it makes its own food.
Detailed explanation-3: -group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat, from producers to consumers, and from prey, predators, scavengers, and decomposers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Level 1: Plants (producers) Level 2: Animals that eat plants or herbivores (primary consumers) Level 3: Animals that eat herbivores (secondary consumers, carnivores)
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