Food Chain
Introduction: The food chain of an animal depends on what type of biome it lives in. A biome is a naturally large occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat.There's three types of biome; grassland ,pond ,and ocean.Each biome has a producer and four consumers.The type of producer is primary producer(the organisms in an ecosystem that produce biomass from inorganic compounds).The four types of consumers is; primary ,secondary ,tertiary ,and quaternary.A primary consumer is usually hebivores that feeds on plants and fungus.A secondary consumer is an animal that would eat hebivores.A tertiary consumer is a carnivore at the topmost level of a food chain that feeds on other carnivores ,and a quarternary consumer is a consumer that eats a tertiary consumer.
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Grassland Biome: For animals that live in the grasslands,their food chain goes:the Grasshopper eats the grass.The Rat eats the Grasshopper.The Snake eats the Rat. Then the Hawk eats the Snake.In the grassland biome ,the grass is the primary producer,the grasshopper is the primary consumer ,the rat is the secondary consumer ,the snake is the tertiary consumer ,and the hawk is the quaternary consumer.
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Pond Biome: For animals that live in the pond,their food chain goes: Mosquito Larva eats the algae.The Dragonfly Larva eats the Mosquito Larva.The Fish eats the Dragonfly Larva.The Raccon eats the Fish. In the pond biome , the algae is the primary producer ,the Mosquito Larva is the primary consumer,the Dragonfly Larva is the secondary consumer ,the Fish is the tertiary consumer,and the Raccon is the quarternary consumer.
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Ocean Biome: For animals that live in the ocean,their food chain goes: Zooplankton eat the Phytoplankton.The Fish eats the Zoolankton.The Seal eats the Fish.The White Shark eats the Seal.In the ocean biome,the Phytoplankton is the primary producer,the Zooplankton is the primary consumer ,the Fish is the secondary consumer ,the Seal is the tertiary consumer ,and the White Shark is the quarternary consumer.es
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The photo at the right is an example of food chains in the different biomes.