Food Chains and Webs

Interactions and interdependencies: Relationships in an ecosystem

Learning objectives

  • To know that energy is transferred up the trophic levels through consumption.
  • To understand how food chains and food webs can illustrate energy transfer between species.
  • To appreciate that energy transfer between trophic levels involves loss of energy and decrease of biomass.

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