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Food Chain in a Terrestrial Ecosystem
- Sun → Provides energy for plants
- Grass (Producer) → Uses sunlight for photosynthesis
- Grasshopper (Primary Consumer - Herbivore) → Eats the grass
- Frog (Secondary Consumer - Carnivore) → Eats the grasshopper
- Snake (Tertiary Consumer - Carnivore) → Eats the frog
- Hawk (Apex Predator) → Eats the snake
- Decomposers (Bacteria & Fungi) → Break down dead organisms, returning nutrients to the soil