food chains (ecology)

Contents: What is a forest?; What is a food chain?; An energy pyramid; Food from the sun; Forest plants; Forest herbivores; Full of animals; Forest carnivores; Hunting and scavenging; Forest ominvores; Forest clean-up crews; A forest food web; Forests in trouble; Enjoying forests.

Rhyming text and color illustrations explore the food chain in the South Sea from krill to the yellow-eyed penguin, to the black-and-white orca whale.

Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked.

Briefly examines the nutrient and energy cycle on Earth, beginning with how energy from the sun gets turned into energy for plants, and how that energy is transferred to animals and humans.

Explores food chains on the African savanna, discussing producers, consumers, predators, and decomposers. Includes photos, an enrichment activity, glossary, index, and access to online resources.

Examines the food chain in a common prairie, discussing which animals eat which plants, and which animals eat those animals in return.

Explores the food chains in mountain environments, discussing plant producers, animal consumers and predators, and flies, worms, and bacteria that act as decomposers. Includes examples of simple food chains, an activity, a glossary, an index, and access to online resources.

Explores food chains in freshwater environments, discussing different producers, consumers, predators, and decomposers. Includes an enrichment activity, glossary, index, and access to online resources.

Color photographs and simple text introduce the food chains of the Arctic biome.

A look at a common food chain in the Pacific Ocean, introducing the plankton that starts the chain, the killer whale that sits atop the chain, and various animals in between.