Explain food chain ?¿
Give two examples too
Answers
⇢ It is the sequence of organisms through which food and its contained energy pas in an ecosystem with members at one step becoming food of later step of the sequence.
- Common food chains are predator food chains.
- Detritus food chain is the shortest. Parasitic food chains is the third type.
a) Aquatic food chain:-
Phytoplankton —> zooplankton—> small crustaceans—>water insects—>small fish —>large fish—> king fishes
b) land food chain:-
Herbs —> rabbit —> fox —> wolf—> tiger
Explanation:
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. A food chain also shows how organisms are related to each other by the food they eat. Each level of a food chain represents a different trophic level
e.g:
Nectar (flowers) - butterflies - small birds - foxes.
Dandelions - snail - frog - bird - fox.