food chains and food webs

Question 1

what is a food chain

Answer 1

A succession of living organisms laid out in a way each plant or animal is eaten by the next one, each food chain link represents a trophic level there are two main trophic levels in grazing food chains producers and consumers

Question 2

what are the producers

Answer 2

it refers to plants capable of photosynthesis and producing organic matter (energy) they are at the bottom of food chains

Question 3

what are the consumers

Answer 3

it refers to animals feeding on organic matter we distinguished:

level 1: herbivorous animals animals feeding on producers (plants)

level 2: carnivorous animals feeding on herbivorous ones

level 3 or above: carnivorous animals feeding on carnivorous ones they are at the top of food chains

Question 4

what’s the other trophic level

Answer 4

There is another trophic level called decomposers it consists of bacteria decomposing the organic matter into mineral matter

Question 5

what are the food webs?

Answer 5

Refers to multiple interconnected food chains, it means that one Predator can feed on many preys in another way one prey can be eaten by many predators as for food chains, energy and biomass (organic matter) flow within food waste