Food Chains

Food Chains

Today we will review 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.

• the arrows point away from the producer (the plant) toward the consumers. It shows the FLOW of energy towards the eater.

• food chains only include BIOTIC factors NOT abiotic ones.

Multiple Choice

What is an organism?

• something abiotic

• something biotic

Producers

• at the start of the food chain

• they make their own food using energy from the sun

• plants are an example of producers

Consumers

• animals that eat other plants and animals

• they obtain 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

Multiple Choice

Why are green plants called producers?

• they eat their own food

• they make their own energy

• they make their own food

• they eat other animals

Multiple Choice

Why are animals considered consumers?

• They have to consume their food when they eat other plants and animals

• They make their own food

Multiple Choice

What is the lettuce?

• Producer

• Consumer

Multiple Choice

What is the rabbit?

• Producer

• Consumer

Multiple Choice

What is the lion?

• Predator

• Prey

Multiple Choice

What is the coyote?

• Predator

• Prey

Reorder

Put the following in order with the PRODUER on the left and the HIGHEST LEVEL CONSUMER on the right.

• Grass

• Mouse

• Hyena

• Lion

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4