food chain and food web

Food chain and Food web

What do you like to eat?

Do you like to eat just one food?

What do animals eat?

Well, animals don't either. They like to eat all different types of plants and animals, depending on whether they are a herbivore, omnivore or carnivore

What is it called when animals eat more than one type of food?

Food Web

shows how diverse and interconnected an ecosystem's food sources can be

Food Web

The plants are eaten by grasshoppers and squirrels. The grasshopper is eaten by the lizard, which is then eaten by the fox. The squirrel can be eaten by a fox or a golden eagle. The squirrel can also be eaten by a snake, which is then eaten by the fox. When the fox or eagle die, they are decomposed by earthworms and bacteria.

Food Web

Food webs look at how multiple food chains interact with each other.

Food Chain

A food chain shows you how one organism eats another and transfers its energy. For example, a zebra eats grass, and the zebra is eaten by the lion. The food chain looks like this:

Food Web

For example, a red fox likes to eat rabbits and birds. A thrush, which is a type of bird, like to eat both worms and snails

Food Web

Food webs exist in a variety of biomes. Because each habitat is unique, each food web is slightly different

Multiple Choice

A food web shows

• how diverse and interconnected an ecosystem's food sources can be

• how one organism eats another and transfers its energy.

• How a plant makes it's own food to transfer energy to the animals

Multiple Choice

A fox can eat more than one animal?

• True

• False

Open Ended

What is the difference between a food chain and food web?