food chains (ecology)

A color-illustrated look at the tide pool food chain, describing each link, from the producers to the decomposers.

Photographs and simple text explain the food chain which is found in meadow habitats, discussing how each insect, plant, and animal fits into the process.

A color-illustrated look at the forest food chain, describing each link, from the producers to the decomposers.

Photographs and simple text help teach young readers about the plants, insects, and animals that make up the food chain in a desert habitat.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to the plants, insects, and animals that make up the food chain in a backyard habitat.

Describes the interaction of predators, prey, plants, and non-living elements that make up the food chain, and touches on what happens to the food chain when the balance of nature is upset.

Introduces the food cycle and its importance, including how plants manufacture food, the plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi that make up the food cycle, and the fragile balance between feeding the world's human population and preserving the balance of nature.

Traces the life cycles of animals and other living things in and around lakes and ponds, and discusses the importance of taking care of these environments.

Describes food chains and feeding relationships, the importance of maintaining the food chain and what happens when a species disappears from an area.

Explores how plants and animals get their food from a variety of sources and how food chains describe the feeding relationships between living things.