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A food chain only has up to 5 links. Remember, the chain shows how the energy is getting passed along. If there were too many links, the animals at the end wouldn’t be getting much energy.

Go to the Eco-Kids website and play "Chain Reaction" or go to the River Lee website here to play another game- click on "science", then "food chain".

You can also see a food chain movie.

FOOD WEB!!! In the food chain I showed you, each animal was eating only one kind of food, but we know that’s not true. To show all the things each animal eats, we make a more complex food chain called a food web. The food web shows energy transfers in a whole ecosystem.

A FOOD WEB

See a larger picture.

FOOD WEB LINKS:
Ok, time to test your knowledge. Go to this website to play three food web games. How would you like to make your own food web? Follow this link then click on the "create a food web" link. Give it a try!!!!!
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