What is the difference between a food chain and energy pyramid?
1 Answer
Food Chain and Energy pyramid is different.
Explanation:
Food chain refers to the chain of consumption of the organisms in the ecosystem and the overall contribution of this consumption to the ecosystem. For instance, the plant gets consumed by the herbivores or omnivores, e.g. like rabbit, then the rabbit gets preyed on by the snake, the snake got consumed by the hawk, then the hawk dies, worms and maggots, feed off from the carcass, and eventually the remains/decays return to the soil as additional nutrient or fertilizer. The whole process repeats itself.
Energy pyramid, refers to the "pyramid" of energy consumption. The pyramid is divided into groups and their amount of consumption and production of energy. With producers(plants), primary consumers (herbivores), secondary consumers (carnivores) and tertiary consumers (carnivores). The same example above can be given, from the plant to the hawk. However, the energy pyramid considers the energy transfer as one organism eats another.
