The hill State of Himachal Pradesh has been gradually witnessing less snow in the past decade and the area under snow is also decreasing. The trend triggered by climate change has alarmed environmentalists, considering the importance of seasonal snow cover as a major input in controlling the hydrology of the river basins in the ecologically …
A food chain is a set of related beings that reaches different stages of development and is capable of sustaining itself by feeding on another being. These beings are called species, and the individuals that are part of a food chain range in size from a single human being to whole populations and are joined …
What are Consumers in an Ecosystem? What is a consumer? How should we define it? The consumer is an animal that has specific, recurring needs. This animal can also be called as a Digit. The consumer is an organism that lives on planet Earth and essentially fulfills itself through consuming the raw materials on it. …
Arctic Tundra food chain is very different from that of other food chains. The Arctic is a wilderness where all living organisms are in direct competition for the scarce resources available. Competition here is very severe, and it is for this reason why the population numbers are lower than those found in the temperate zones. …
The pond food chain begins with photosynthetic plants, also known as phytoplankton. These microscopic organisms convert sunlight and nutrients into carbohydrates that make up their body walls. They are the primary producers in a freshwater ecosystem such as a pond. In a freshwater aquatic environment like a pond, the organisms in the food chain include …
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 …
Food chain indicates the sequence of the transfer of energy in a food system. This is called as food web. The four main steps in a food chain are producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. All these process occurs in a cycle called as food cycle. There are two types of animals which …
What is a desert food chain? A desert food chain shows how living organisms get their energy from each other. Food chains are typically shown as a pyramid with the largest organism at the top getting most of its energy and the smallest organism at the bottom getting very little energy. The long narrow shape …
The animal food chain is the web of interactions among the plants and animals on our planet. When we talk about the food chain, we are talking about what and who eats what. This includes bottom feeders. The sun is the center of the food chain. Plants are converted to producers, which are producers of …
The ocean is full of different animals who form complex food webs with each other and the ocean. As you might know, the food chain is the place where each animal in an ecosystem falls in a linear position by links of who eats whom. We will be talking about how nutrients get transferred from …