food webs Flashcards
what is a food web
a system of interlocking and independent food chains. it is all based on realationships
is a food chain connnected to a foo web
yes! there are many food chains within the web
any extra knowledge
A food web shows different levels of various food chains connected with one another as well as how the energy flows across these trophic levels
trophic levels
Depending on the feeding relationships within a food web, organisms can hold more than one position in this food web. For example Caterpillar is eaten by a kookaburra the kookaburra is a secondary consumer. But if the Caterpillar was eaten by a frog then by a snake then by the kookaburra, the kookaburra would be a quaternary consumer