Food Chain & Food Web - This PowerPoint presentation discusses about the Food Chain & Food Web.

This PowerPoint presentation discusses about the Food Chain & Food Web.

1. Food Chain & Food Web

2. What is a food chain?

3. A food chain is a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food .

4. Producers Autotrophs or organisms that produce their own food. They are at the bottom of the food chain. They make their own food through photosynthesis. Consumers Heterotrophs or organisms that eat other organisms. They obtain energy from other organisms. Decomposers Decomposers eat or break down decaying or dead matter into minerals and nutrients. These nutrients and materials will be used later by producers. Components of a Food Chain

5. Example of a Food Chain

6. What is a food web?

7. A food web is a graphical depiction of what consumes what in an ecological community, as well as the natural connectivity of food chains .

8. Example of a Food Web

9. What’s the difference between a food chain and a food web?

10. A food chain only shows the linear movement of nutrients and energy from one trophic level to the next. A food web is a collection of interconnected food chains at various trophic levels

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