Our Effects on Food ChainsThe image below depicts the concentration of a common pollutant in a lake. Use the information to answer the question below.Herring Gull eggs124 ppmLake Trout4.83 ppmRainbow Smelt1.04 ppmZooplankton0.123 ppmPhytoplankton0.0025 ppmPlace the organisms in the correct order that the energy moves through the food chain with the producer at the bottom.HINT: Use the information about the concentration of the pollutant to help you!1| Phytoplankton2| Lake Trout3: Rainbow Smelt4| Herring Gull5| Zooplankton

The food chain explains the flow of energy and food through the ecosystem. At the bottom, there are primary producers, followed by primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers. Energy flow is the amount of energy moving through a food chain. The energy flows from the producer to the consumer in the food chain. Based on the pollutant concentration for each organism provided, the energy flow is as follows, 1. Herring gull - 124 ppm 2. Lake trout - 4.83 ppm 3. Rainbow smelt - 1.04 ppm 4. Zooplankton - 0.123 ppm 5. Phytoplankton - 0.0025 The increase in the concentration of pollutants in the food chain is called biomagnification. The food chain starts with the phytoplankton having the lowest pollutants, that eats the zooplankton. Which further fed on the small fish's rainbow smelt, which is eaten up by the larger fish lake trout, and finally eaten by herring gull. The concentration of the pollutant in the food chain increases from the bottom producer to the top consumers. The correct order of the movement of energy through the food chain is: 1. Herring gull 2. Lake trout 3. Rainbow smelt 4. Zooplankton 5. Phytoplankton