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Grade 5 Science · Life Science

Ecosystems: matter and energy in food webs

Sort living things by their role in a food web: producer, consumer or decomposer.

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What is its role in the food web?
Tap a card, then tap its group.

Assumptions

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Every food web starts with the sun.
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Arrows in a food web point the way matter and energy move: from the eaten to the eater.
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Decomposers return matter to the soil for plants to use again.
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