Desert Dinners: Studying Food Webs In The Desert

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Harnessing the Sun All living things need sun water air and food A food chain links living things each eaten by the one that follows it Food chains begin with sunlight shining on green plants Through photosynthesis green plants transform the Sun’s energy into food for living and growing This food energy passes on to animals when the plants are eaten and again when the animals are eaten Because each living thing plays a role in many food chains scientists call all of the food chains in an area a food web The animals and plants in a food web depend on each other for survival 4 During the brief days of moisture after a rare rainfall North America’s Sonoran Desert explodes with flowers Desert plants jump into action when water is available on This Chew Chlorophyll spurs the chemical reaction trans forming light energy into food during photosynthesis It colors the plants green too