Human Food Chain | How you affect the food chain?

By Pulakesh Nath on May 14, 2021

The human food chain is a group of organisms that are eaten, generally, by the next organisms in line. Organisms that eat animals in the human food chain are called secondary consumers.

Humans need a lot of nutrients and energy to remain healthy. The food that they eat is often used to describe the location of an organism within a food chain. These organisms are often referred to as trophic levels. Primary consumers are at the first trophic level, secondary consumers are at the second trophic level and so on.

A complete human food chain starts with plants. Plants eaten by humans are called fruits and vegetables, and when they eat these plants, humans are primary consumers. Most humans also eat animals further up the food chain. Even when the animals humans eat are not direct ancestors of the people who eat them, the chemistry of eating together can create a bond so strong that most historians consider it necessary for human life to exist at all.

Humans are part of the food chain called the human food chain. This food chain starts with plants – fruits and vegetables – consumed by humans for energy. Humans are primary consumers in this food chain. Humans also eat animals further up the food chain, which are called secondary consumers. Humans may also be either prey (a tertiary consumer) to another animal or feed for another animal which is a quaternary consumer.

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