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Lesson 3 Feeding Relationships

The document explains the concepts of food chains and food webs, highlighting the roles of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and apex predators. It describes how energy flows through these trophic levels and the significant energy loss at each stage, illustrated by a pyramid of energy. Additionally, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of organisms within a food web.

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Lesson 3 Feeding Relationships

The document explains the concepts of food chains and food webs, highlighting the roles of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and apex predators. It describes how energy flows through these trophic levels and the significant energy loss at each stage, illustrated by a pyramid of energy. Additionally, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of organisms within a food web.

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LESSON 3

Food Chain & Food Web


Food Chain:
Refers to a sequence or chain of organisms
existing in a natural community.
Each link of the chain feeds on the one below
and is eaten by the one above.
Food Chain & Food Web
Food Chain:
Refers to a sequence or chain of organisms
existing in a natural community.
Each link of the chain feeds on the one below
and is eaten by the one above.
The source of all food is the activity of autotrophs,
mainly photosynthesis by plants.

•They are called p r o d u c e r s because


only they can manufacture food from
inorganic raw materials.

•This food feeds herbivores, called


primary consumers.
The source of all food is the activity of autotrophs,
mainly photosynthesis by plants.

•They are called p r o d u c e r s because


only they can manufacture food from
inorganic raw materials.

•This food feeds herbivores, called


primary consumers.
The source of all food is the activity of autotrophs,
mainly photosynthesis by plants.

•They are called p r o d u c e r s because


only they can manufacture food from
inorganic raw materials.

•This food feeds herbivores, called


primary consumers.
Ø Granivore: A herbivore that eats
herbage.
•Carnivores that feed on herbivores
are called s e c o n d a r y c o n s u m e r s .

•Carnivores that feed on other


carnivores are t e r t i a r y (or higher)
consumers.
Ø Insectivore: A predatory animal (such
as bat) with a diet consisting chiefly of
insects.
•Carnivores that feed on herbivores
are called s e c o n d a r y c o n s u m e r s .

•Carnivores that feed on other


carnivores are t e r t i a r y (or higher)
consumers.
PREY AND
PREDATOR
Ø Prey: An animal that is hunted and
killed for food by another animal.
Ø Predator: An animal that kills and
feeds upon another animal.
Apex Predators: Are animals that
are present on the top of the food
chain and do not have any predators.
• PRODUCERS
• PRIMARY CONSUMERS
• SECONDARY CONSUMERS
• TERTIARY CONSUMERS
• APEX PREDATORS
FOOD CHAIN
Study the table below:
Each level of consumption in a food chain is called a
trophic level. The table gives one example of a food chain
and the trophic levels represented in it.

GRASS G R A S S H O P P E R TOAD SNAKE HAWK BACTERIA


OF DECAY

Autotrophs Herbivores (Primary Carnivores (Secondary,


Decomposers
(Producers) Consumers) teritiary, etc. consumers)
Food Web
is a complex pattern of interconnected
food chains in a community where the
organisms are typically connected by
arrows that show the direction of
energy flow.
In a food web,
organisms can be
part of multiple
food chains.
PYRAMID OF ENERGY
Energy that is originally stored
by the autotrophic plants is
dissipated along the chain, the
more dissipated or unusable energy.
PYRAMID OF ENERGY
CARNIVORES
^
HERBIVORES
^
PRODUCERS/AUTOTROPHS
PYRAMID OF ENERGY
There is generally a 90 percent loss
at each l i n k of the food chain,
creating a P y r a m i d - shaped d i a g r a m
that is wider at the bottom and
narrow at the top.
5. Hawk
(1kcal)

4. Snake
(10 kcal)

3. Frog (100 kcal)

TROPHIC 2. Grasshopper (1,000 kcal)

LEVEL
1.Grass (10,000 kcal)

Pyramid of Energy

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