Food related

interactions
Lesson 10
Food chains
a series of organisms each dependent on
the next as a source of food.
Links of a food chain

 Producers - Plants are producers. This is because they

produce energy for the ecosystem. ...
 Primary Consumers - Animals are consumers. This is
because they don't produce energy, they just use it up. ...
 Secondary consumer…………..
 Plants are always the producer in any food chain
 Itsbecause plants are autotrophic and they produce
food by the process of photosynthesis
 So because of this plants supply food to the other
links of the food chain directly and indirectly.
 Accordingly, the energy stored in the food produced
using solar power by the green plants, is transferred
to other consumers of the food chain
Food webs
 Food web is an important ecological concept.
Basically, food web represents feeding
relationships within a community
A food chain follows one path of energy and
materials between species. A food web is more
complex and is a whole system of connected
food chains. In a food web, organisms are
placed into different trophic levels.
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