What are the Pillars of the Food Chain?

Hey readers!Do you know about the pillars of a food chain?If not, never mind.The pillars of the food chain consist of three parts: producers, consumers and decomposers. Without these parts, the food chain would collapse!

Facts about pillars of the food chain:

1. Producers can make their own food and energy.

2.Living things that have to hunt, gather and eat their food are called consumers. Consumers have to eat to gain energy or they will die. There are three types of consumers: omnivores, carnivores, herbivores.

3.Decomposers feed on dead things: dead plant materials such as leaf litter, wood and animal carcasses. They perform a valuable service as Earth's cleanup crew. Without decomposers, dead leaves, dead insects, and dead animals would pile up everywhere.

4.Herbivores are called primary consumers, carnivores and omnivores are called secondary consumers and carnivores who don't have any predators are called apex predators.

Here is an image of the food chain with producers consumers and decomposers:

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