Food Chain

What is a Food Chain?

• The order in which one kind of organism eats another type of organism.

• A diagram that links organisms to all their varied food sources in a community and shows the flow of energy.

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What is a Food Web?

• The order in which one kind of organism eats another type of organism.

• A diagram that links organisms to all their varied food sources in a community and shows the flow of energy.

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Match the following vocabulary words with its definition.

• Decomposer

• Plants that make their own food, using sunlight, air, water, and nutrients in the soil.

• Consumer

• An animal that eats living things.

• Producer

• An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into smaller pieces to be used again by producers.

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Match the following vocabulary words with its definition.

• Carnivore

• A consumer that eats only other animals.

• Omnivore

• A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

• Herbivore

• A consumer that eats only plants.

What is grass?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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What is an elephant?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

What are bacteria?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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What is a tiger?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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What is an acacia tree?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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What is an earthworm?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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