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What is a food chain?
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator species, detritivores, or decomposer species.
How do organisms in a food chain relate to each other?
Organisms in a food chain are related to each other by the food they eat.
What does each level of a food chain represent?
Each level of a food chain represents a different trophic level.
How does a food chain differ from a food web?
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What is the purpose of food chains in a food web?
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Each level of a food chain represents a different ______ level.
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A food chain differs from a food web because the complex network of different animals' feeding relations are aggregated and the chain only follows a direct, linear pathway of one ______ at a time.
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Food chains were introduced by Charles Elton, which also introduced the ______ web concept.
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A common metric used to quantify food web trophic structure is food chain ______.
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In its simplest form, the length of a chain is the number of ______ between a trop.
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