food chains (ecology)

Presents an introduction to the concept of the food chain, in simple text with illustrations, and explains why all living things need food, describes the energy pyramid, and examines the cycle of how food is produced and consumed.

Presents an introduction to deserts ecosystems and food chains, and explains why all living things need food, describes a desert's plant and animal life, displays the energy pyramid, and looks at the cycle of how food is produced and consumed in desert environments.

Traces the chain on which food travels for creatures living under the sea from sunlight to plankton all the way up to killer whales.

Introduces the basic science behind food chains and presents experiments to show how they work.

A variety of insects and animals are shown eating one another, showing links between predator and prey.

This book briefly describes food chains and the arctic tundra and examines a food chain found in the tundra starting with the arctic willow and ending with the arctic wolf.

Illustrations and simple text tell a story about the food chain as each creature is gobbled up by an even larger one.

Simple text and illustrations describe the food chain and how plants and animals are connected through it.

Introduces children to food webs, explaining how sunlight, plants, and animals are all connected in a system that nourishes every living thing on the planet.

Presents an introduction to the food chain, explaining the complex relationships between food consumers, predators, and decomposers, and examines what happens when the food chain is broken.