Ecology - food chains

Question 1

basic food chain

Answer 1

producer - primary consumer - secondary consumer - tertiary consumer

Question 2

what is a food chain?

Answer 2

a food chain shows how energy flows from one organism to another in an ecosystem, starting with producers and ending with top predators

Question 3

what is a producer in a food chain?

Answer 3

a producer is an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis, such as plants and algae

Question 4

what is a primary consumer?

Answer 4

a primary consumer is a herbivore that eats producers

Question 5

what is a secondary consumer?

Answer 5

a secondary consumer is a carnivore or omnivore that eats primary consumers

Question 6

what is a tertiary consumer?

Answer 6

a tertiary consumer is a predator that eats secondary consumers

Question 7

what is a decomposer in a food chain?

Answer 7

decomposers, such as fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms, returning nutrients to the soil

Question 8

what is the source of energy for most food chains?

Answer 8

the Sun is the primary source of energy for most food chains