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Food Chains and Food Webs

A food chain is a indicator of the producers and consumers of different habitats. Ask questions about the food chains of different ecosystems here.

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What is the central valley food chain?

the central valley food chain is animal get hunted or it having a predator

What is formed by the organisms in a food chain which consume each other?

when organisms in a food chain consume each other, its called a FOOD WEB

Hail to Mrs. Pugh at some school out there

How do you reduce energy loss in food chains?

-reducing the number of trophic levels - less levels to lose energy in

-keeping animals in conditions which reduce their energy loss - battery chickens - warm each other and can't move too much - less energy for respiration - more energy for growth.

Energy is NEVER created or destroyed (it can't be lost) it is only transformed or transferred. If chickens are keeping themselves warm then they are transferring energy in the form of heat, but they are not keeping the energy completely and reducing its transfer of forms in the suggesting you stated.

What is the '10 percent Law'?

In a food chain, 10% of the prey is given to the predator, while the other 90% is used/wasted as heat, organic matter, etc. If a cat eats a mouse and the mouse gives off 100% of its energy, then the cat gets 10% of the mouse's energy and the rest is waste. Now, the cat needs to eat 9 more mice to get as much energy as 1 mouse contains.

Is there an adaptation in a bat star to get his food?

  • sharp teeth to suck blood to eat
  • wing to fly
  • light weight
  • wing from their pinky to their waste to fly (made up of skin)
  • sonar
  • night vision eyes

Is a lion part of the food chain?

Every living thing is part of one food chain or another. A lion is the top predator in its food chain, and in the African savanna food web, it is at the same level as hunting dogs, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas

Why do food chains only have 3 or 4 levels?

Well, the only way to explain this is to think mathematically. At the bottom level are plants. Let's say they absorb about 10% of the Sun's energy to convert to food. Then animals that eat the plants get only 10% of that energy. Carnivores, the next level, get only 10% of that (which is 0.1% of the energy from the Sun). As you can see, the higher an organism's level in the food chain, the fewer can exist. If you had 10 lions and 10 deer, all the deer would be killed and eaten and the lions would starve before the deer could have any babies. This means that if you go beyond about 4 levels, it is unsustainable to any organisms. I hope this makes sense. :)

Why do humans kill and don't care?

Because we are at the top of the food chain, so we dont care what the animals that we kill are hurt. We like feeling powerful! (not always a good thing) :)

How might the loss of a forest affect a food chain?

Simple, forest disappears, predators like tigers disappear due to no hunting grounds. Herbivores run out of food to eat, they die off, predators die off because there is no herbivores to hunt, we run out of food because there is neither herbivores or carnivores to eat. Nature and the food chain are two very delicate things. It doesn't take much to mess them up. Every opportunity you have to save the forest do it.

What is buffalo food chain?

In France there is a restaurant chain called the Buffalo Grill with buffalo head and horns astheir logo. They're alright too!

What is a word for an animal that hunts the prey?

In the jungle or the African fields of hunting for the animals, the animals on the top of the food chain, like the lion and the leopard are called predators

What animal is at bottom of food chain?

In the ocean, plankton is at the bottom of the food chain. On land, tiny invertebrates .

How does energy enter this food chain?

Energy enters a food chain through primary producers like plants, which capture sunlight and convert it into chemical energy through photosynthesis. This energy is then passed on to primary consumers (herbivores) who eat the plants, and then to secondary consumers (carnivores) who eat the herbivores, and so on. Each time energy is transferred, some is lost as heat through metabolic processes.