There are millions of simple food chains that include a plant, a planteater and a meat eater, that is, a producer, a herbivore (primary consumer) and a canivore (recondary or higher level consumer). Here are a few more examples of a three link food chain: ->teose-> wolf grass-> rabbit ----> fox Four-linked food chains are also common. In a four-link food chain there are two omnivores and/or carnivores. The larger or better adapted animal kills and eats the previous organism in the link. Some examples of a fourlink food chain are: leaf ----> caterpillar-> shrew >> badger cattails ---->muskrat---> weasels 1. What is the ultimate source of energy for most organisms and how is this energy captured so it is useful in a food chain? 2. What is a food chain? 3. Give an example of a four step food chain not listed in the examples above and label its levels of consumers and the producer organism. 4. What always starts off a food chain? 5. What is a carnivore? 6. What is an herbivore? ---> Great Horned Owl What ends it?
