Grass - grasshopper eats grass - frog eats grasshopper - snake eats frog - secretary bird eats snake - Secretary bird dies and its carcass is rotted by decomposers (bacteria).
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A food chain can have as few as three links. For example, a plant being eaten by a herbivore, which is then eaten by a predator.
The number of links in a food chain is limited by the amount of available energy. As energy is transferred up the food chain, only about 10% is passed on to the next level. This inefficiency limits the number of trophic levels that can be sustained in a food chain.
the monarch butterfly is one of the first links of the food chain.
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because of the amount of energy lost between trophic levels
The lowest organism on a food chain is the primary producer which occupies the first trophic level
The greatest number of links in a food chain would depend on the complexity of the ecosystem, but typically ranges from 4 to 6 links. This includes producers (plants), primary consumers (herbivores), secondary consumers (carnivores that eat herbivores), tertiary consumers (carnivores that eat other carnivores), and sometimes quaternary consumers (carnivores that eat tertiary consumers).
Yes, well put. Your question identifies two links in the food chain.