Exploring the Food Chain

What are producers in a food chain?

• Producers are decomposers that break down dead matter.

• Producers are organisms, like plants and algae, that produce their own food and form the base of a food chain.

• Producers are animals that consume other organisms.

• Producers are organisms that rely on other organisms for food.

Can you name a producer?

• Animal

• Plant

• Mineral

• monkey

What do consumers eat in a food chain?

• Consumers do not eat anything.

• Consumers eat plants and other animals.

• Consumers eat only fruits and vegetables.

• Consumers only eat plants.

What is a primary consumer?

• An organism that feeds on primary producers.

• A type of plant that produces energy through photosynthesis.

• An organism that feeds on other consumers.

• An animal that primarily hunts for food.

The sun is the _______ in the food chain

• Consumer

• Producer

• Friend

• Supplier

What is an example of a food chain?

• Fruit -> Monkey -> Lion

• Grass -> Deer -> Wolf

• Water -> Fish -> Eagle

• Grass -> Rabbit -> Fox

How does energy flow in a food chain?

• Energy flows from consumers to producers in a food chain.

• Energy flows from producers to consumers in a food chain.

• Energy is created and consumed in a food chain.

• Energy flows in a circular pattern among all organisms in a food chain.

Why are plants important in a food chain?

• Plants are consumers that rely on animals for energy.

• Plants are secondary producers that depend on decomposers.

• Plants are primarily responsible for pollination in ecosystems.

• Plants are crucial as they are the primary producers that form the base of the food chain.

Sun > Plant>Butterfly>frog

What would happen if humans took away all the plants in the food chain

• Nothing

• The plants will stay

• The butterfly and frog will die

• The butterfly will lay eggs

Sun ➡ Plant ➡ Monkey ➡ Snake ➡ Eagle.

In the food chain the arrow from the monkey to the snake means ​ (a)   and the arrow from the sun to the plant mean ​ (b)   . If the money is removed the snake and eagle will ​ (c)   . Humans can affect the food chain if they​ (d)   some of the animals.

• is eaten by
• is absorb by
• die
• hunt
• is accepted by
• is cut with
• survive 
• pray