ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Prey
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Predator
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Autotroph
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Producer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Identify organism that would suffer the most if grasshoppers were removed from the food web. Baboon would suffer the most because they are primarily herbivores and grasshoppers are a primary food source for them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Importance of a Food Web Food chains show how one organism relies on the survival of others. The environment is balanced by the food chain. Food webs show plants are the foundation. The flow of energy and nutrients is explained by food webs. The trophic level of organisms is determined by the food chain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food webs connect many different food chains, and many different trophic levels. Food webs can support food chains that are long and complicated, or very short. For example, grass in a forest clearing produces its own food through photosynthesis. A rabbit eats the grass.
Detailed explanation-4: -When an organism eats another organism, it gains energy. Producers have the least amount of available energy. Energy always follows a single path. Producers have the greatest amount of available energy.