Nature Merit Badge - Req. 3

Req #3 - Explain the term "food chain." Give an example of a four-step land food chain and a four-step water food chain.

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Definition of FOOD CHAIN (noun)

1.  an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
2. a hierarchy based on power or importance <at the top of the corporate food chain>

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The following are some examples that were submitted of 4 Step Food Chains:

4 Step Land Food Chain:

Grass

Rabbit eats the Grass

Wolf eats the Rabbit

Vulture eats the dead Wolf

4 Step Water Food Chain:

Algae

Shrimp eats the Algae

Fish eats the Shrimp

Shark eats the Fish