Life Cycles and Food Chains

What is a life cycle?

• A bicycle

• The stages of a human's life

• A set of changes an organism goes through in life

• A set of changes a plant goes through in life

What does reproduce mean?

• When an organism has babies/eggs

• When an organism dies

• When an organism grows new body parts

• When an animal turns into another animal

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The lotus flower is almost extinct. Construction workers are cutting down trees and flowers to build homes. The lotus flower is also cut down. What does this mean?

• The lotus flower can grow somewhere else

• The flower will die soon because it cannot reproduce

• The flower will reproduce slowly

• The flower will die soon because it cannot reproduce by itself and the species will be gone forever

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What is a food chain?

• A chain with food attached to it

• A guide showing where organisms find food

• The flow of energy from one organism to another

• The flow of food from one organism to another

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All food chains start with...

• Consumers

• Producers

• The source of energy (the sun)

• Decomposers

What would happen if the snake was removed from this food chain?

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What is the job of a decomposer?

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Name each member of the food chain.

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