One of the driving forces behind natural selection (evolution) is the competition between predators (hunters) and prey (their food). This applies to plants and animals as well as between carnivores and herbivores. Plants have developed some ingenious ways to protect themselves. Acacia trees limit grazing from giraffes in three ways… Chilli peppers have their heat …
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Trophic levels…
I mentioned previously that plants are the first step in nearly all food chains. A food chain or food web describes the flow of energy between the organisms in a habitat. Each step in the food chain represents a different ‘trophic level’ (trophic is a word that refers to nutrition). The first level contains the …
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