A food chain shows how each living thing gets energy from food and passes that along to other specie. A food web includes several different food chains and shows how plants and animals are interconnected. Discover who the producers and consumers are in a food chain. What part does photosynthesis play in the food chain? Who are the decomposers in a food chain and what is their role?

 Consumers
 Decomposers
 Producers (Plants)
About the Chaparral Ecosystem
About the Chaparral Ecosystem, Text and illustrations showing the energy flow in the chaparral ecosystem.
http://katybever0.tripod.com/id1.html
Biomes: Chaparral Video
Biomes: Chaparral, WatchKnowLearn.org, Video length: 03:42.
http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx...
Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores
The Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores The Open Door Web Site Pictures and descriptions of each group in the food chain.
http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0006.html
Food Web and Tropic Levels
Food Web and Tropic Levels, By Steve Williams, Explains the tropic levels of chaparral organisms.
http://www.swilliams1.com/RVHS_LESSONS/Biology/uni...