Food Chain

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[food chayn]
A group of organisms that depicts a linear sequence of feeding connections (what-eats-what) illustrating the transfer of energy and matter in an ecological community.

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  • Glossary: Primary Consumer
    An organism in the food chain that feeds on autotrophs. They are usually herbivores.
  • Glossary: Quaternary Consumer
    Organisms in the food chain that feed on tertiary consumers. They are usually carnivores.  
  • Glossary: Secondary Consumer
    An organism in the food chain that feeds on primary consumers. They are typically omnivores or carnivores.
  • Glossary: System
    A group of interacting parts that forms a collective whole and has a defined boundary. Earth systems refer to a set of physical, chemical, and biological processes that interact with one another, such as a food chain.  
  • Glossary: Tertiary Consumer
    An organism in the food chain that feeds on secondary consumers. They are usually carnivores.
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