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Rationale
In a food chain or a food web all energy of the energy originally comes from the sun. After the energy leaves the sun, it is used by plants on Earth where photosynthesis converts it sugars. The plants store chemical energy that can be used by the plants, or converted into mechanical energy within an organism. The rest of the energy is passed on from the primary consumer, to the secondary consumer, and than to the tertiary consumer. Because of the amount of energy that is lost as you move from one level to the next, food chains typically do not usually include more than three to five organisms. The example that I used for predator versus prey in my rainforest biome food web was a monkey that is a herbivore (plant eater) and the predator was a jaguar that is a carnivore (meat eater). If there were more prey in this area, there would definitely less likely for them to be in danger because of predators. If there were more predators, the prey population would most likely endangered. An example of an invasive species in the rainforest biome would be the python, because it is one of the top predators that is overpopulated in the rainforest. Many circumstances can affect population growth in a biome. An example of a density-dependent factor is if there is a reduction in the food supply which restricts reproduction resulting in less offspring. An example of a density-independent factor would be if there was a sudden climate change or a natural disaster.