Worked example: analysing a generic food web
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We can analyse the arrows in a food web to identify producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers.

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Khan Academy
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Sal Khan
Worked example: analysing an ocean food web
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We can analyse the arrows in a food web to identify producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers.

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English
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Khan Academy
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Sal Khan
Matter and energy in food webs
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Food webs are models that demonstrate how matter and energy is transferred between producers, consumers, and decomposers as the three groups interact within an ecosystem. Transfers of matter into and out of the physical environment occur at every level. Decomposers recycle nutrients from dead plant or animal matter back to the soil in terrestrial environments or to the water in aquatic environments. The atoms that make up the organisms in an ecosystem are cycled repeatedly between the living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem.

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English
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Khan Academy
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Sal Khan
Comparing animal and plant cells
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Plant cells have a cell wall in addition to a cell membrane, whereas animal cells have only a cell membrane. Plants use cell walls to provide structure to the plant. Plant cells contain organelles called chloroplasts, while animal cells do not. Chloroplasts allow plants to make the food they need to live using photosynthesis.

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English
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Khan Academy
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Khan Academy
Cells and organisms
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All living things are made up of cells, which is the smallest unit that can be said to be alive. An organism may consist of one single cell (unicellular) or many different numbers and types of cells (multicellular).

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English
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Khan Academy
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Khan Academy