Katrina Senerado

Karylle Cornejo
Alleanna Arandia
A food chain is sequence of energy
transfer among organisms to obtain
energy and nutrients.

It also shows the feeding relationship

between different living things in a
particular environment or habitat.
A food chain represents a series of events in
which food and energy are transferred from
one organism in an ecosystem to another.
They also show how animals depend on
other organisms for food.

In any ecosystem, many food chains

overlap. Several consumers may eat the
same kind of plant or animal for food.
When this happens, the food chain forms a
food web. A food web shows how food
chains are related within an ecosystem.
A food chain starts with the energy
source, which is the sun. The next link
in the chain is the group of organisms
that make their own food – the
photosynthetic organisms (producers).
Next in the sequence are the organisms
that eat the producers; they are the first-
order consumers.
 The next link in the chain is the group
of animals that eat the first-order
consumers; they are the second-order
consumers. These organisms, in turn,
are eaten by larger animals – the
predators; they are also called, third-
order consumers. Each food chain ends
with a top predator – an animal with no
natural enemies.