Food Webs

FREE SCIENCE ADVENTURE · Predator Prairie

Food Webs

Food Chains · River Snatch Run · Guided by Chompling

Explain why a food web is more connected than one chain.

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Food Webs teacher guide

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Learning target

Explain why a food web is more connected than one chain.

Vocabulary and key concepts

Overlapping chains; multiple food sources; interconnected organisms

Accuracy notes

Arrows show energy moving from food to eater. Energy flows while matter cycles. Include decomposers; avoid rigid one-food-per-animal rules.

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