Learn about detritus eaters and carnivores. In this lesson, students will study the marine food chain by researching animals from each of the five links in the food chain. Students will learn which animals are predators, which are prey, and which are both. Sequencing the Food Chain Students research and explain the food chain of a selected mammal or fish. A popular misnomer, the 'food chain' is not actually a linear chain but a complex web.
Energy is passed from one organism to another in a complex network like a spider's web.
The Food Chain A look at two examples of food chains, one in the water and the other on land. February 2001 Please contact me if you find any links not active or if you have any additional sites to add to the Food Chain list.