Food Chain and

Food Web

Base on the Picture, What do you think is the role of those organisms in terms of Food Supply?

FOOD CHAIN

feeding order formed by producers and consumers linked together in a series

A Food Chain is compose of…

ProducersConsumersDecomposers

Producers

Producers are Autotrophs

This are organisms that can make their own food

“Auto” means “self” and “Trophos” is “nutrition” which means self-feeder

Consumers

There are 3 types of consumers

1. Herbivores- Animals that

eat plants.

(ex. Monkey)

Consumers

2. Carivores- Animals that

eat meat.(ex. Tiger)

3. Omnivores- Animals that

eat both plant and meat(ex. Pig)

Decomposers are organisms that get their nutrition from dead or decaying materials converting it into a nutrients needed by the plants.

Decomposers

FOOD WEB

is Compose of Several food Chain that are linked together.