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Food Chains and Food Webs

In communities, organisms compete for food. This competition means that many small food chains in an ecosystem may each other. This creates a food . All food webs have , which make their own food. They rely on for energy. Organisms that cannot make their own food are called . Some, such as grasshoppers, are , which eat producers. Others, like cats, are , which eat other animals. Predators other living things called prey for food. Some meat eaters known as eat the remains of dead animals. People are because they eat both plants and animals. Every food chain and food web ends with , which break down wastes.