A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food. Some animals eat plants and some animals eat other animals. For example, a simple food chain links the trees & shrubs, the giraffes, and the lions. Each link in this chain is food for the next link.
1. FOOD CHAINS AND FOOD WEBS
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5. • Break down dead plants and animals • Bacteria and fungi are two examples • Reduces dead organisms to simpler forms of matter • Returns them to the soil
6. Predator: a living thing that hunts other living things for food (lion) Prey: a living thing that is hunted for food (rabbit) Scavenger: an animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals (vulture)
7. • Shows how each living thing gets food • Always begins with the producer • Arrows show the flow of energy from one organism to another
8. Build a Food Chain Click on the links below to build a food Chain Reaction Game Food Chain Game
9. Food Web • A collection of food chains interconnected from the same ecosystem • Arrows show the flow of energy from one organism to another • Multiple consumers and producers
10. Build a Food Web Click on the links below to build a food Food Web Fun with Food Webs
11. Energy Pyramid • Shows the amounts of energy available at each trophic level of an ecosystem • The higher in the pyramid, the less energy available
12. Find Out More About Energy Pyramids Click on the button below to learn more: Energy Pyramid
13. Quiz 1. A lion is a __________ because it eats only meat. carnivore herbivore omnivore
14. 2. A _________ is a producer. cheetah plant grasshoppe r
15. 3. True or False. A food web can have multiple consumers and producers. TRUE FALSE
16. 4. Which animal would fit in the blank of this food chain? ? hawk zebra mouse butterfly
17. 5. The plant gets its energy from the _______. roots stem sun flowers