Question

Some hunters are roaming in the plush green forest of Africa. They spot a deer and kill it. They decide to roast the deer there and then and eat it. When the hunters had just finished enjoying the feast of roasted deer, a lion attacks them. The lion kills one of the hunters and eats his flesh.

1. Write a food chain which provides food to the lion in this case.
2. Which animal (other than deer) the lion could look for food if he did not get the hunter as prey?
3. Which other animal in the forest could have been in place of lion?
4. How does the above food chain differ from the food chain such as: plants → goat → man?

Answer 1

1. Plants → Deer → Man → Lion
2. Zebra (or Antelope)
3. Tiger (or Leopard)
4. In the food chain Plants → Deer → Man → Lion, man is eaten by the lion. In the food chain Plants → Goat → Man, man is the final consumer and is not eaten by another organism.