Fish help keep the number of organisms on the earth in balance. Fish feed on some aquatic organisms and themselves become food for others. This process is called a <I>food chain.</I> Fish are part of many food chains. The blue symbols represent various aquatic organisms that fish eat. The red symbols represent living things that eat fish or are nourished by the matter that remains after fish die and decay.
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