Food Chains and Food Webs

A series of restaurants that serve the same type of food.

A process where animals compete for food.

The path of energy from the sun to a producer to an animal to another animal.

A collection of different foods that an animal eats.

The direction of the sun's movement.

The movement of animals in the ecosystem.

The direction that water flows.

The direction that energy flows.

Shelter

Food

Water

Oxygen

They act independently and do not affect each other.

They are like isolated islands, each existing separately.

They are like links in a chain, each connected to the next.

They exist in a hierarchy where only the strongest survive.

It provides energy for consumers.

It is the final link in a food chain.

It provides energy for producers.

It consumes energy from plants and algae.

Lions and tigers

Plants and algae

Fungi and bacteria

Fish and birds

Producers consume other organisms for energy.

Producers make their own food using energy from the sun.

Producers are always the second link in a food chain.

Producers do not require energy to survive.

An organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis

An organism that eats other organisms to obtain energy

A non-living element that provides nutrients

A type of plant that feeds on insects

Secondary consumer

Tertiary consumer

Primary consumer

Producer

Only meat

Only plants

Both plants and meat

Only fish