FOOD CHAINS

GROUP 1
 WHAT IS A FOOD CHAIN?

• A FOOD CHAIN IS A SEQUECE OF TRANSFERS OF MATTER AND

ENERGY IN THE FOR,M OF FOOD FROM ORGANISM TO ORGANISM
 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN?

• PLANTS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN. THEY ARE CALLED
PRODUCERS. THEY USE THE ENERGY FROM THE SUN TO PRODUCE
FOOD FROM CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AT THE TOP
OF THE FOOD CHAIN?

• APEX PREDATOR IS A PREDATOR AT THE TOP OF A FOOD CHAIN, WITH.

NO NATURAL PREDATORS
 KEYSTONE SPECIES

• A SPECIES IN WHICH OTHER SPECIES IN AN ECOSYSTE LARGELY

DEPEND, SUCH THAT IF IT WERE REMOVED THE ECOSYSTEM WOULD
CHANGE DRASTICALLY.
 WHERE DO ANIMALS IN THE FOOD
CHAIN GAIN ENERGY?

• THEY GAIN ENERGY FROM THE THINGS THAT THEY EAT.

 WHAT HAPPENS IF AN ANIMAL IN THE
FOOD CHAIN DIES OFF?

• THE IS A PRODUCER. IF IT DIES THE CONSUMERS CAN NOT FEED OFF

OF IT. SOME CONSUMERS ARE RABBITS AND INSECTS. THEY WOULD
NOT HAVE ANY FOOD. THEY WOULD STARVE AND EVENTUALLY DIE IF
THEY CAN NOT FIND ANOTHER HOME WHERE THEY COULD FEED
OFF OF GRASS. THE OTHER ANIMALS FOOD SUPPLY WOULD DIE OUT
BECAUSE THE PREDATORS EAT THE CONSUMERS.