This caterpillar is an example of which part of the food web?
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Producer.
No. The plant is a producer. It captures energy from sunlight, and stores it as food. The caterpillar is eating the plant to get that energy. -
Primary Consumer.
Yes! The caterpillar is eating the plant (a producer) to get the energy that is stored in its leaves. -
Secondary Consumer
No. Secondary consumers eat other consumers. A bird that ate this caterpillar would be a secondary consumer. -
Decomposer
No. Decomposers break down dead and decaying organisms. The plant that the caterpillar is eating is still alive and growing.
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Florida
SC.4.L.17.3 Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers.
Scavengers and Decomposers | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
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Food Web Tag | text page |
What is a Food Web? | text page, free, checked |
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SC.7.L.17.1 Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Scavengers and Decomposers | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
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Food Web Tag | text page |
What is a Food Web? | text page, free, checked |
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Utah
UT.8.II.2.a Categorize the relationships between organisms (i.e., producer/consumer/decomposer, predator/prey, mutualism/parasitism) and provide examples of each.
Secondary Consumers | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked |
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What is a Food Web? | text page, free, checked |
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NGSS
5-PS3-1 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Scavengers and Decomposers | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
Secondary Consumers | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked |
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Measuring Photosynthesis | video, checked |
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What is a Food Web? | text page, free, checked |
Calories: Measuring the Energy | text page, free |
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5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Scavengers and Decomposers | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
Secondary Consumers | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked |
Producers | video, free, Updated, checked |
Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked |
What is a Food Web? | text page, free, checked |
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