FOOD CHAIN

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What is a food chain

• a sequence of organisms, each of which uses the next, 

• lower member of the sequence as a food source1

Important 

• •In a food chain each organism obtains energy from the one at the level below.

• •Plants are called producers because they create their own food through photosynthesis3

• Animals are consumers because they cannot create their own food

Primary Producers

• Primary producers are “organisms capable of producing their own food4

• Examples of primary producers include algae, phytoplankton, and large plants

• Primary producers are eaten by primary consumers 

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What is a Producer?

• An animal that eat plants

• An animal that eats meat

• is a plant that produces their own food

• An animal that grows really tall

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which one is a Producer?

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core

• Water

• Plants

• The Sun

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core

• Water

• Plants

• The Sun

Four types of consumer

• •Herbivores: animals that eat only plants3

• Carnivores: animals that eat only other animals3

• Omnivores: animals that eat animals and plants3

• •Detritivores: Animals that eat dead materials and organic wastes 

Classify Consumers

• Primary Consumers: Herbivores3

• Secondary Consumers: Carnivores that eat herbivores3

• Tertiary Consumers: Carnivores that eat other carnivores3

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What do Carnivores eat? 

• Plants ONLY 
• Animals ONLY
• Plants AND Animals

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What do Herbivores eat? 

• Plants ONLY 
• Animals ONLY
• Plants AND Animals

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What do Omnivores eat? 

• Plants ONLY 
• Animals ONLY
• Plants AND Animals

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What is a consumer?

• Organism that creates their own food.

• Organism that eat other organisms for energy

• Organism that eat other dead organisms

Detritivore

• •Worms are common detritivores in many ecosystems including marshes

Multiple Choice

What is the main source of energy?

• plants

• sun

• animals

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What first receives the energy from the sun?

• producers (plants)

• consumers (animals)

• decomposers (bacteria and fungi)

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Producers mean ....

• They can produce their own food.

• They eat other animals

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Plants are the only producers.

• True

• False

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The organism that eats only plants.

• herbivores

• carnivores

Multiple Choice

When the lion dies, the ______________ break down the nutrients and put them back to the soil.

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

Multiple Select

Select two examples of herbivores (plant-eating animals).

• giraffe

• wolf

• deer

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a producer?

• Maple tree
• Sunfish
• Bunny
• Bear

Multiple Choice

Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

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Why do people say adult lions are at the top of the food chain?

• Adult lions have no predators in the wild.

• Adult lions are prey for many different kinds of animals.

• Adult lions are producers and can make food on their own.

• Adult lions help other animals get food by hunting for them.

Multiple Choice

The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.

• Frog
• Eagle
• Grasshopper
• Python

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct food chain order?

• Plant-->1st Consumer--> 2nd Consumer 
• Plant <-- 1st Consumer <-- 2nd Consumer
• 2nd consumer     --> 1st consumer  --> Plant
• 1st Consumer      --> 2nd consumer --> Plant

Multiple Choice

If a hawk eats a snake, the snake is the...

• Predator
• Alpha
• Prey
• Mutualistic partner

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Which of the following would be considered to be prey?

• an animal that has to hunt for its food
• an animal that is eaten by another animal
• an organism that makes it own food
• an organism that feeds on the blood of another animal

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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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Plants are called ______________ because they produce their own food.

• consumers

• producers

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A mouse is a ___________ because it cannot make its own food.

• consumer

• producer

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Humans that eat both plants and animals are--

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

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These animals only eat meat-

• carnivores

• omnivores

• herbivores

Multiple Choice

These organisms break down dead and decaying matter.

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

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4. What would be the best title for this passage?

• 1. The Food Chain

• 2. Animals Life

• 3. Food and Environment

• 4. Plants and Animals