Chapter 6Ae, Exploring Science 6 (Pond Food Chains)

Pond food chains

Chapter 6Ae, Exploring Science 6.

How are food chains in a pond like other food chains?

• Animals and plants that live in a pond habitat are suited to live around or underwater. Ex. Fish have gills that allow them to live underwater.

Herbivores and carnivores

• Herbivores are animals that eat only plants. Water fleas, which are very common in ponds, eat very tiny plants called algae.

• Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. For example, stickleback fish eat water fleas.

Predators and prey

• Animals that eat other animals are predators and what predators eat are preys.

• A stickleback is a predator of water fleas and water fleas are its prey.