食物連鎖(しょくもつれんさ)

食物連鎖(しょくもつれんさ) is a biology term describing the hierarchy of organisms in an ecosystem based on feeding relationships.

Etymology

• 食物(しょくもつ) (food) + 連鎖(れんさ) (chain, linkage)

Common collocations

• 食物連鎖(しょくもつれんさ)の頂点(ちょうてん): top of the food chain
• 食物連鎖(しょくもつれんさ)が崩(くず)れる: the food chain collapses
• 食物連鎖(しょくもつれんさ)に影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)える: to affect the food chain

Related words

• 食物網(しょくもつもう): food web (more complex, interconnected model)
• 生態系(せいたいけい): ecosystem
• 捕食者(ほしょくしゃ): predator
• 生産者(せいさんしゃ): producer (plants)

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Used in scientific, educational, and environmental contexts. Common in school biology classes and environmental discussions.