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Food Chain vs. Food Web

Food Chain vs. Food Web
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 8
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   8.89

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    anatomy, carnivorous, disastrous, extinction, plant-eating, newly, homeland, focus, cheetahs, hence, environment, species, meat-eating, ruthless, unique, fate
     content words:    Thomas Austin

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Food Chain vs. Food Web   
1     When we study an animal species, we learn about its anatomy, its habitat, its behaviors, its diet, and its enemies. The last two topics are essential for us to understand where the animal stands in its food chain and in its food web. But, what is a food chain, what is a food web, and, furthermore, what is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
 
2     To answer these three questions, let's use zebras as our example.
 
3     Zebras roam freely in the African savannah, and they feed on grasses. Their biggest fear is to bump into hungry lions, cheetahs, leopards, crocodiles, or other carnivorous (meat-eating) animals. When zebras graze, they often share their lot of land with animals like rhinos, warthogs, and antelopes that also eat plants.

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