Organisms and the Environment

Chapter Five: Ecosystems 5.1 Ecosystems, Energy, and Nutrients 5.2 Food Chains and Food Webs 5.3 Ecosystems- A Natural Balance

Food Webs- A Delicate Balance Investigation 5A Food Webs- A Delicate Balance How is energy transferred from organism to organism in an ecosystem?

5.2 What is a food chain? A food chain shows how each member of an ecosystem gets its food. A simple food chain links a producer, an herbivore, and one or more carnivores. Which is the carnivore?

5.2 Energy and food chains A diagram in the shape of a pyramid is a good way to show how energy moves from one feeding level to the next in a food chain.

5.2 Food webs Most animals are part of more than one food chain. We can connect many food chains to form a food web.

Food Web – Concept Map What’s missing