1)Gr azi

ngFoodChai n:-Thegrazi ngfoodchai nst art

sf r
om theaut ot
rophs(greenpl ants),the
majorener gyfort hi
schai nist akenf r
om t hesunast heplant
scar ryoutt hepr ocessof
photosynthesisinthepresenceofsunl i
ght.
Thegr eenpl ant
swor kast hepr
imar yproduceroft histypeoffoodchain;lat
ertheher bi
v oresget
fedupont hegreenplants.Thechai ngoesonf ur
therast heprimaryconsumers( herbivores)are
eatenbyt hesecondar yconsumers( omnivores)inthistypeoffoodchain.
Detri
tusf oodchain:-Thisfoodchai nstar
tsf r
om thedeador ganicmatterorothersuchwast es;
fur
ther,thismat er
iali
seatenbyt heanimal ,
andl aterthisanimalgetseatenbyanot herani malin
thesoil.

2)i)Dev el
opmentofpl antcommuni t
yonbar r
enar eaiscal l
edecol ogicalsuccessionorbioti
c
succession.Itoccursbyt hereplacementofexi sti
ngcommuni tybynew ones,i nanor derl
y
sequencei nbarr
enareawithti
meduet ochangei nenv i
ronment alcondit
ions.
Eg:successiononrocks.
Crustoseli
chen—>f oli
oseli
chen—>moss—>her b—>shr ub—>f orest.
i
i)Primarysuccessi
on:
-occursi
nbar r
enlandwherenopr eviousvegetati
onwaspr esent.
-itisslowandt akes1000( s)ofyears.
--->Secondarysuccessi on:
-occur swher ev eget
at i
onwaspr esentpr evi
ousl
y,but
wasdest royedduet onat uralorar t
if
ici
alcausesl i
ke
flood, f
orestfi
reetc.
-itiscompar ati
velymor erapid.

3).Af oodwebconsi stsofmanyf oodchains.

Af oodchai nonlyfol l
owsj ustonepat hasanimalsf i
nd
food.
eg:Ahawkeat sasnake, whi chhaseat enaf r
og,which
haseat enagr asshopper ,whichhaseat engrass.
Af oodwebshowst hemanydi ff
erentpathsplantsand
animal sareconnect ed.
eg:Ahawkmi ghtalsoeatamouse, asqui r
rel
,afrogor
someot heranimal.Thesnakemayeatabeet le,a
caterpil
lar,orsomeot heranimal.Andsoonf orallt
he
otherani malsinthef oodchai n.
Af oodwebi sseveral f
oodchai nsconnectedtogether.