By Adrian Parnis, Christian Bassani& Oliver Dalwood

Animals in an ecosystem – Food chains/Food webs

Food chains clarify relationships among different organisms, both living and non-living, among an individual population. Food chains show the relocation of energy between differentorganisms. Food webs are a group of food chains in an individual ecosystem. The connections tell us what eats what by displaying how the living organisms get food and energy. These food webs include many organisms which can simply make them extensive and complex. They also describe associations between predators and prey.


What is the science behiend aFood Chain/Food web?

The difference between a food chain and a food web is that a food web follows an interconnection of many different animals/insects. A food chain is a web that only follows one animals path in there food diet. Food webs and food chains are a part of science by making the animals/insects live and keeping them alive by the world producing food for them and also for humans. An example of a food web is when a tree produces food for many animals such as squirrels and insects and then a snake has food from the insects and the squirrels that attract birds to there food. An example of a food chain is when a tree produces an apple and then an ant eats a little part of the apple and then a frog eats the ant and then a fish eats the frog and then a hawk eats the fish and then the cycle starts all over again.