Food Web and Food Chains

Food Web and Food Chains

Introduction

Open Ended

What do you think a food web is?

Open Ended

What do you think a food chain is?

Food Chain

• A diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another.

• The arrows in a food chain show energy passing from one organism to another.

• Energy flows from producers to consumers and sometimes shows decomposers at the end.

Multiple Choice

Which food chain is in the correct order?

• cat, grass, bird, snail

• bird, snail, grass, cat

• grass, snail, bird, cat

• grass, cat, bird, snail

Multiple Choice

What do the arrows show in a food chain?

• They point to the smallest animals.

• They point to the animal that tastes the best.

• They point to just the producers.

• They point in the direction that energy is flowing.

Multiple Choice

Where do you think all life forms get their energy from?

• Earth's Core

• Plants

• Water

• The Sun

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

• Plant

• Bear

• Cat

• Fish

Food Web

• A diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organisms in an ecosystem.

• It shows how matter and energy is transferred between organisms.

• Energy moves in a one-way direction.

• For example, the arrow going from the prairie dog to the coyote, shows that the prairie dog is the food for the coyote.

Multiple Choice

Thinking back to the article you read yesterday, what is an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

Thinking back to the article you read yesterday, what is an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material, or waste?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Open Ended

Name TWO things that you have learned about Food Webs and Food Chains.