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Think of it this way:
The plant gets it's energy from the sun. The zebra (or any other carnivore or omnivore) eats the plant and gains it's nutrients and energy. A lion (or any other carnivore or omnivore) comes along and eats the zebra, gaining it's nutrients and energy and the plants nutrients and energy. Eventually, either it dies or something (a carnivore or omnivore) eats it, also gaining it's nutrients and energy, the zebra's, and the plants.
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These are often at the bottom of most food chains?
there are often at the bottom of food chains. Plants
The bottom of the food chains?
plants
Do ecologists use food chains to keep animals from eating certain plants?
No, ecologists use food chains to understand the flow of energy and nutrients in an ecosystem. They do not use food chains to control what animals eat certain plants.
Why are green plants at the beginning of food chains?
There healthy
Do food chains always begin with plants?
yes they always begin with plants
In food chains and food webs who is the producer?
i think they're the plants and moss
Why are food chains imortant?
Food chains are vital for life everywhere. Most food chains normally start with a green plant. However, the sun is the reason for the plants growing, but then I am moving on to photosynthisis
Chains of glucose used to store food in plants?
starch
How are plants important to most food chains?
Because there producers of most natural food
These are often at the bottom of the food chain?
Producers and then herbivors are often at the bottom of the food chains.
Why do most food chains begin with green plants?
Food chains start with green plants because only green plants are able to convert the suns energy into sugars that all creatures including plant need to grow.
Do food chains exist only on the land?
Food chains exist on the land and in the sea. Tiny plants in the oceans are the ultimate source of food for all sea creatures.
