Food Chain

A food chain is a grouping of organisms in an ecological community based on the sequence in which they eat one another. The entire ecological community is fed into each other in order of size, beginning with huge animals and progressing through plants, insects, and even algae. We often utilize the food chain conceptually to describe human power dynamics.

Synonyms: Food Hierarchy

Related Terms: Ecological Interaction, Ranks, Natural Phenomenon

Related Terms: Food Web
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