Food Chain Blevins

What is a food chain?

• Drive thru at chic-fil-a

• Path by which energy flows between living things

• Picture of animals in an area

• Model showing how photosynthesis works

What is an organism?

• A plant going through photosynthesis

• An animal eating a plant

• Any living thing

• The food chain

Check all the organisms listed

• Rock

• Apple tree

• Cougar

• Parrot

• Water

What does every food chain have to start with?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Energy source

What is a producer?

• Someone who makes movies

• An organism would eats to get its food

• An organism who makes their own food

• An organism who breaks down dead and decaying plants and animals

Check all of the producers listed

• Snake

• Corn plant

• Giraffe

• Grass

• Algae

Why are producers important?

• They make for really good toppings on a burger

• They make excellent side dishes at dinner

• They make farmers a lot of money

• They capture the suns energy and make it possible for consumers to have energy to live

What is a consumer?

• An organism who makes their own food

• An organism who eats to get its food

• An organism who breaks down dead and decaying plants and animals

• An organism who only eats plants

Choose all of the consumers listed.

• Bush

• Monkey

• Rose

• Whale

• Lizard

A consumer that eats only plants is called a what?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore