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The number of links in a food chain is ultimately limited by the amount of energy in the producers of the particular ecosystem.

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Why is there a limit to the number of links in a food chain?

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What is the fewest number of links a food chain could have?

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What is the greatest number of links a food chain could have?

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Why is there usually no more than four or five stages in a food chain?

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Does a food chain have to involve food?

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Loss of energy in the food chain limits the amount of what?

Energy that can be transfered to the next level


What are the tiny organisms that are the lowest links in the food chain?

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The antelope eats the grass and the cheetah eats the antelope - is that the food chain?

Yes, well put. Your question identifies two links in the food chain.


What are the third and fourth links in a food chain?

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If the number of phytoplankton decrease what happen to the food chain in the ocean?

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