{"id":126,"date":"2009-12-08T22:46:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T09:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=126"},"modified":"2010-02-16T21:38:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T08:38:31","slug":"whats-for-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s for dinner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ecology <\/strong>is the study of organisms and their relationship with their surroundings. Ecologists study the interaction between an organism and its environment. Some ecologists study a specific species or habitat. They might study the behaviour of a single species to see how it interacts with other organisms and the environment. Or, an ecologist might study many different species that either depend on each other (a food web, for example), or compete with each other for food and space<\/p>\n<p>Every organism needs to\u00a0obtain energy\u00a0in order to live. For example,plants get , energy from the sun, some animals eat plants, and some animals eat other animals.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<strong>food chain <\/strong>is the sequence of\u00a0<strong>who eats whom <\/strong>in a biological community (an ecosystem) to obtain nutrition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The arrows indicate the      direction of energy flow.<\/li>\n<li>The food chain moves food      from one organism to another, giving energy to the organism digesting the      food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eg.\u00a0<em>Buttercup <\/em><em>\u2192<\/em><em> Bee <\/em><em>\u2192<\/em><em> Thrush <\/em><em>\u2192<\/em><em> Hawk. Plankton <\/em><em>\u2192<\/em><em> Herrings <\/em><em>\u2192<\/em><em> Salmon <\/em><em>\u2192<\/em><em>Seals <\/em><em>\u2192<\/em><em> Killer whales<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All food chains start with      the sun which provides energy for plants.<\/li>\n<li>Photosynthesis by plants      converts light energy to food. Plants are considered producers because      they make their own food.<\/li>\n<li>The producers above are      grass, buttercup, rosebush and plankton.<\/li>\n<li>Animals, including humans,      cannot make their own food. As a result, they must get their energy from      other sources, usually plants and other animals. Thus, animals are      considered consumers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/adams297\/FoodChain.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the diagram, food chain is the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community (an ecosystem) to obtain nutrition.\u00a0Every organism needs to obtain energy in order to live. For example, plants get energy from the sun, some animals eat plants, and some animals eat other animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecology is the study of organisms and their relationship with their surroundings. Ecologists study the interaction between an organism and its environment. Some ecologists study a specific species or habitat. They might study the behaviour of a single species to see how it interacts with other organisms and the environment. Or, an ecologist might study &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=126\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What&#8217;s for dinner?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"What's for dinner? - science4all","description":"Ecology is the study of organisms and their relationship with their surroundings. Ecologists study the interaction between an organism and its environment. 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