Question

10 - food chains and food webs: order
learning objective: identify the correct food chain order.
beginning at the primary producer level, which of the following shows the correct order of this aquatic food chain?
a.) shrimp, fish, seal, decomposing bacteria, and algae
b.) algae, shrimp, fish, seal, and decomposing bacteria
c.) fish, seal, algae, shrimp, and decomposing bacteria
d.) decomposing bacteria, seal, fish, shrimp, and algae

Explanation:

In an aquatic food - chain, primary producers are organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis. Algae are primary producers. Shrimp are primary consumers that eat algae. Fish are secondary consumers that eat shrimp. Seals are tertiary consumers that eat fish. Decomposing bacteria break down dead organisms at the end of the food - chain.

Answer:

B. Algae, shrimp, fish, seal, and decomposing bacteria