Topic 4-Food Chains And Food Webs

Question 0

Name and explain the food chain?

Answer 0

1) Producer (green plant or algae) is eaten by the consumer.
2) Consumer (herbivores) is eaten by the second stage consumer.
3) Second stage consumer (carnivores) is eaten by the third stage consumer.
4) Third stage consumer (carnivores).

Question 1

Where is all living this directly or indirectly get their energy?

Answer 1

From the suns radiation.

Question 2

What do the food arrows in a food chain mean?

Answer 2

Shows the transfer of energy.

Question 3

Name seven ways in which energy is lost through the food chain?

Answer 3

Respiration
Heat loss
Maintenance of body
Growth and repair
Movement
Some organisms don’t consume the whole plant/animal
Some energy is either stored or lost through excretion