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Nat5 life on earth
Nat5 Food chains
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do food chains show? | the DIRECTION of energy flow |
| What percentage of energy is passed on at each stage of a food chain? | 10% |
| How is energy lost at each stage of a food chain? | heat and movement and undigested material |
| What do all food chains start with? | A producer |
| What are producers? | Organisms that can make their own food from the sun by photosynthesis (green plants) |
| What are consumers? | Organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms (animals) |
| What do primary consumers eat? | They eat producers |
| What do secondary consumers eat? | Primary consumers |
| What are herbivores? | Animals that eat only plants |
| What are carnivores? | Animals that eat only meat (other animals) |
| What are omnivores? | Animals that eat both plants and animals |
| What are predators? | Animals that hunt other animals (prey) |
| What is prey? | Animals that are being hunted by predators |
| As predators increase prey will ......... | the prey decreases |