food+chain

Revised and Edited by Mr. D 11/16/11

Food Chain A Food Chain Is One Way of Showing How Energy Goes Through the Ecosystem.

Try the food chain games at the link below:
Food Chain Games



** Her are some food chains I found: **

 * == ** sun -> grass -> rodent -> fox ** ==
 * == ** sun -> plants -> rodent -> owl/fox ** ==
 * == ** sun -> berry bushes -> birds -> fox/owl ** ==
 * == ** sun -> flowers -> deer -> bear/cougar ** ==
 * == ** sun -> trees -> insects -> skunk/birds/opossum ** ==



What is the advantage of using a food chain as a model to represent an ecosystem?

A Food Chain is a simple model. It is easy to see each level of the food web. You can see the
sun -> producer -> herbivore -> secondary consumer -> tertiary consumer

How is a food chain  different than a food web ?

== A food chain is different from a food web because a food chain is a little part in a food web. Many food chains make up a complex food web.==

What do the arrows  represent in a food chain?

==The arrows represent the Energy being moved through the eco-system. ==