{"id":173643,"date":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/?p=173643"},"modified":"2022-01-31T23:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:50:37","slug":"what-is-the-food-chain-how-is-the-food-chain-formed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-the-food-chain-how-is-the-food-chain-formed","title":{"rendered":"What is the Food Chain? How Is The Food Chain Formed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Different species of living things interact in many different ways. They can compete with each other as well as lead a life together. These processes form the links in the food chain. In ecological cycles, the food chain can be thought of as a system in which one eats the other. It&#8217;s like a rabbit eating a carrot and a fox eating a rabbit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158127\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-800x756-1.jpg\" alt=\"besin-zinciri\" width=\"750\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-800x756-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-800x756-1-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-800x756-1-768x726.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In short, it is a way of showing what living things eat. They may indicate that a prey has several predators and that the predators eat a variety of foods.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-the-food-chain-how-is-the-food-chain-formed\/#Autotrophs-and-Heterotrophs\" >Autotrophs and Heterotrophs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-the-food-chain-how-is-the-food-chain-formed\/#Food-chain\" >Food chain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-the-food-chain-how-is-the-food-chain-formed\/#Food-Webs\" >Food Webs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Autotrophs-and-Heterotrophs\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Autotrophs and Heterotrophs<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Some organisms, called autotrophs, also known as &#8220;self-feeders,&#8221; can make their own food, or organic compounds, from simple molecules such as carbon dioxide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">There are two main types of autotrophs: Photo autotrophs, such as plants, use energy from sunlight to make organic compounds (sugars) from carbon dioxide in photosynthesis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Other examples of photoautotrophs include algae and cyanobacteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Chemoautotrophs use energy from chemicals to form organic compounds from carbon dioxide or similar molecules. This is called chemosynthesis. For example, there are chemoautotrophic bacteria that oxidize hydrogen sulfide found in submarine communities where light cannot reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Autotrophs are the basis of the entire ecosystem on the planet. Autotrophs form the basis of food chains and food webs with the energy they capture from light or chemicals. They feed on all other organisms in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Also known as other feeders, heterotrophs cannot capture light or chemical energy to extract their own food from carbon dioxide. For example, humans are heterotrophs. Instead, heterotrophs take up organic molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Animals, fungi, and many bacteria are heterotrophs. When we talk about the role of heterotrophs in food chains, we can call them consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Food-chain\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"> Food chain<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158131\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir.jpg\" alt=\"besin-zinciri\" width=\"750\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-nedir-1536x1389.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">A food chain is a linear series of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as a whole. Organisms eat one another. A typical food chain consists of consumers, starting at the bottom and moving upwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Primary producers are at the base of the food chain. Primary producers are autotrophs. They are mostly photosynthetic organisms such as plants, algae or cyanobacteria. Organisms that eat primary producers are called primary consumers. The primary consumers are usually herbivores, plant eaters, but can be algae eaters or bacteria eaters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Organisms that eat secondary consumers are called tertiary consumers. These are carnivorous carnivores such as eagles or big fish. Some food chains have additional levels, such as quaternary consumers (carnivores that eat tertiary consumers). Organisms that eat primary consumers are called secondary consumers. Secondary consumers are usually meat eaters, i.e. carnivores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Organisms at the top of the food chain are called apex consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Green algae are primary producers, primary consumers, eaten by mollusks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Each of the above categories is called the trophic level and reflects how many energy and nutrient transfers\u2014how many consumption stages\u2014separate an organism from the original energy source of the food chain, such as light. Assigning organisms to trophic levels is not always clear. For example, humans are omnivores that can eat both plants and animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">As an example of the food chain;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Aquatic plants &#8211; fish &#8211; heron<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Aquatic plant waste &#8211; bacteria &#8211; shrimp &#8211; fish<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Phytoplankton &#8211; zooplankton &#8211; small sea creatures &#8211; Big fish &#8211; predators<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Grass- deer- tiger<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">grass-rabbit-fox-wolf<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">grass &#8211; sheep &#8211; human<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Food-Webs\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Food Webs<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158129\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri.png\" alt=\"besin-zinciri\" width=\"750\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri.png 600w, https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/besin-zinciri-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The food chain can run parallel to each other as well as cross each other transversely. This means that a living thing can be the food of many living things in different nutritional stages. This is the true nutrition in nature. The network of relationships that shows the way that many linear food chains come together and the living things in the same and different nutritional stages belonging to these food chains are fed with each other is called &#8220;food web&#8221;. Organisms obtain their nutrients in many different forms and levels, resulting in complex tissue composed of series of energy transfers. The real diet in nature is in the form of food webs.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Decomposers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Although they do not always appear in the drawings of food chains, they deserve to be referred to as another group of consumers. Decomposers consist of organisms that break down dead organic matter and waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Decomposers are sometimes considered their own trophic levels. As a group, they eat dead matter and waste products from various other trophic-level organisms; For example, they happily consume decaying plant matter, the body of a half-eaten squirrel, or the remains of a dead eagle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In a sense, the parser level runs parallel to the standard hierarchy.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Producers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Organisms that perform photosynthesis and chemosynthesis are called producers in ecosystems. Photosynthetic organisms produce organic matter by using solar energy, and chemosynthetic organisms using the energy obtained by oxidizing inorganic materials. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Consumers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Fungi and bacteria are key decomposers in many ecosystems; They use the chemical energy in dead matter and waste to fuel their metabolic processes. Other decomposers are detritivores; detritus eaters or debris eaters. These are usually multicellular animals such as earthworms, crabs, slugs or vultures. Not only do they feed on dead organic matter, they also break it down, making it more suitable for bacterial or fungal decomposers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Decomposers play a critical role in keeping ecosystems healthy as a group. When they break down dead materials and waste, they release nutrients that can be recycled and used as building blocks by primary producers. food webs Food chains give us a clear picture of who is eating whom. However, some problems arise when we try to use them to describe entire ecological communities. For example, an organism may sometimes eat more than one type of prey or be eaten by more than one predator, including those at different trophic levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Source<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/science\/ap-biology\/ecology-ap\/energy-flow-through-ecosystems\/a\/food-chains-food-webs\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/avesis.yildiz.edu.tr\/resume\/downloadfile\/sakar?key=74ae4ecc-6e2a-47fe-9c9b-d97e2ec64ad8#:~:text=%C3%9Creticiler%20kendi%20besinini%20%C3%BCreten%20(fotosentez,zincirinin%20her%20basama%C4%9F%C4%B1nda%20g%C3%B6rev%20yaparlar.\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different species of living things interact in many different ways. They can compete with each other as well as lead a life together. These processes form the links in the food chain. In ecological cycles, the food chain can be thought of as a system in which one eats the other. 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