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1. What does a food chain show?
   • the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs and insect pollinated crops
2. What do food chains start with?
   • Food chains begin with a producer, which is normally a green plant.
3. How do plants get energy?
   • Green plants get their Energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
4. What is a consumer?
   • Organisms that eat other organisms are called consumers.
5. What is the second level in a food chain called?
   • The first consumer in a food chain is called the primary consumer. The second the secondary consumer and the third the tertiary. The final consumer is called the top consumer.
6. What is an animal that hunts another animal called?
   • Animals that hunt other animals are called predators, they are unlikely to be primary consumers.
7. How is a food web difference to a food chain?
   • Food webs are formed by combing the multiple food chains in an ecosystem.
8. What is it called when changes in a population of one species affect the population of other species?
   • A change in the population of an organism in a food web will affect the other organisms in the food chain. This is known as interdependence.