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WHAT ARE FOOD WEBS: CYCLING OF MATTER AND FLOW OF ENERGY?
Every ecosystem is made up of a variety of living and nonliving things. The living things within an ecosystem depend on each other to obtain their energy.
To better understand Food Webs: Cycling of Matter and Flow of Energy…
WHAT ARE FOOD WEBS: CYCLING OF MATTER AND FLOW OF ENERGY?.
Every ecosystem is made up of a variety of living and nonliving things. The living things within an ecosystem depend on each other to obtain their energy.
To better understand Food Webs: Cycling of Matter and Flow of Energy…
LET’S BREAK IT DOWN!
Producers Make Their Own Food
A simple diagram called a food chain represents how energy flows in an ecosystem. A food chain starts with producers. These are the plants at the bottom of the chain. Next, a first order consumer eats the plants to obtain energy. Next in the chain is the second order consumer, followed by a tertiary consumer. Food chains typically have 4 levels, though this can vary.
A food web is the overlapping of food chains within an ecosystem. Living things don’t eat the same thing all the time. Just like people, animals like variety in their diets. This results from living things eating from multiple food chains, which creates a food web. Some living things may eat from different levels of a food chain. Bears for example, consume plants, but also consume fish.