Explains the predator-prey relationships that all living things are a part of, represented by the food chains and food webs in a variety of habitats, how everything is connected, and how every living organism plays a role.

An introduction to the system known as the food web, which connects all living things.

Every backyard is its own habitat for many different living things. Readers learn how these living things are connected as they pass energy to one another. Plants, insects, mammals, and other creatures are linked through backyard food chains, and, as readers will see, these food chains come together to form a large backyard food web. A helpful food web diagram is presented alongside engaging text and fact boxes. Readers see even the tiniest backyard critters up close through colorful, detailed photographs.

Food Chains and Webs explains that feeding relationships are at the heart of life on Earth. It looks at the different types of living thing in a food web - from producer to top consumer - as well as food pyramids and topics like bioaccumulation. It tackles common confusions about the science and shows how topics are relevant to the reader.

A meadow is more than just a pretty place to have picnics. It’s home to many species of plants and animals. They’re connected through food chains, and readers explore how individual food chains come together to make a meadow food web. This important science concept is presented through engaging text, as well as a colorful meadow food web that shows a variety of connections among living things in this ecosystem. Fact boxes provide additional information about the plants and animals that live in meadows, and colorful photographs put readers in the middle of this habitat.

Even the smallest tide pools are actually entire ecosystems! The creatures that call a tide pool home are connected through food chains that represent the passing of energy from one living thing to another. Readers discover how these unique food chains all come together as they view a helpful tide pool food web. Fun fact boxes accompany informative text about life in a tide pool. Detailed photographs of tide pool ecosystems introduce readers to a variety of cool creatures.

"Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked." -- T.p. verso.