There are food chains and food webs in an ecosystem and what they do is show the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Here is a diagram of a food chain in the tropical rainforest.
Producer
Orchid ---) Food chain starts over. |
Primary Consumer
Macaw ----) |
Secondary Consumer
Python----) |
Decomposer
Slug |
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That is a food chain and it repeats its self over and over again. For now lets look at predator and prey relationships and here are a few of them.
Fern ----> Lemurs ----> Kapok Tree ----> Sloth ----> Jaguar ----> Mushrooms
(plants give off O2) (animals give off CO2) (Food from sunlight ) (Primary consumer/ (Secondary consumer/ (Breaks down the
herbivore & gets energy carnivore) consumer)
from plants)
- Bird/Insect
- Boa Constrictor/Frog
- Snake/Monkey
- Jaguar/Ant Eater
Fern ----> Lemurs ----> Kapok Tree ----> Sloth ----> Jaguar ----> Mushrooms
(plants give off O2) (animals give off CO2) (Food from sunlight ) (Primary consumer/ (Secondary consumer/ (Breaks down the
herbivore & gets energy carnivore) consumer)
from plants)