Food Chains

Food Chains

Today we will learn what a food chain is and the different parts that it is made of!

Food Chain

• a transfer of energy through a series of organisms that use each other for food.

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What is an organism?

• something not alive

• a living thing

Producers

• at the start of the food chain

• they make their own food

• plants are considered producers

Consumers

• Animals that eat other plants and animals

• Get their energy from other plants and animals.

Predator

• An animal that eats other animals

• Highest up on the food chain

Prey

• Known as the animals that the predators eat

• Lower on the food chain

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Why are green plants called producers?

• they eat their own food

• they produce knowledge

• they make their own food

• they eat other animals

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Why are animals considered consumers?

• They get their food from other plants and animals

• They make their own food

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What is a predator?

• An animal that is eaten by other animals

• An animal that does not do anything.

• An animal that eats other animals

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What is a prey?

• The animal that is being eaten

• The animal that eats other animals

• The lion

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What is the lettuce?

• Producer

• Consumer

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What is the rabbit?

• Producer

• Consumer

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What is the lion?

• Predator

• Prey

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What is the coyote?

• Predator

• Prey

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Why are green plants called producers?

• they eat their own food

• they produce knowledge

• they make their own food

• they eat other animals