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How does energy move through producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains, and food webs?
Energy moves through ecosystems from the Sun to producers, then to consumers and decomposers through food chains and food webs. In Predator Pursuit, students trace feeding relationships, predator-prey evidence, decomposers, competition, and balance to explain how changes can affect an entire ecosystem.
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The Science In Plain Language
Energy moves through ecosystems from the Sun to producers, then to consumers and decomposers through food chains and food webs. In Predator Pursuit, students trace feeding relationships, predator-prey evidence, decomposers, competition, and balance to explain how changes can affect an entire ecosystem.
In Predator Pursuit, students investigate Producers, Consumers & Decomposers, Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Flow, Predators, Prey & Competition, Interdependence & Ecosystem Balance as six connected zones inside the Crocodile Swamp setting.
How Students Can Use This Idea
Students should do more than memorize the topic name. They should compare evidence, notice patterns, explain what changed, and connect each clue back to the main science idea.
The Adventure gives the class a reason to apply the science. Webling and the recovered Unakite discovery help turn the answer into a memorable mission.
Practical Examples
- Use Predator Pursuit as the online Adventure connected to this science answer.
- Turn the six zones into checkpoints: Producers, Consumers & Decomposers, Food Chains, Food Webs, then continue with the remaining zones.
- Ask students to explain one observation, one claim, and one piece of evidence before the hands-on discovery.
Related Core Topics
- Producers, Consumers & Decomposers
- Food Chains
- Food Webs
- Energy Flow
- Predators, Prey & Competition
- Interdependence & Ecosystem Balance
Related Adventure
- Predator Pursuit: Ecosystems, Food Chains & Food Webs
- Science category: Life Science
- Setting: Crocodile Swamp
- Gemling: Webling
- Specimen discovery: Unakite
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Science And Standards References
Recommended Next Step
Open Predator Pursuit is the best next step from this answer.
Last updated August 29, 2026.