Lesson 6 food chains
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This document discusses food chains and the relationships between producers and consumers. It defines key terms like producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Producers are organisms that can make their own food, like plants, while consumers eat other organisms for food. Herbivores eat producers or plants, carnivores eat other consumers or animals, and omnivores eat both producers and consumers. Food chains show the transfer of energy from one organism to another, with producers at the start of the chain and top predators at the end.
Lesson 6 food chains
- 1. Food chains Target To understand the term food chain.
- 2. Feeding Types Consumers cannot make their own food. They must consume other organisms. Organisms may be producers. Producers make their own food.
- 4. Key wordsKey words Producers – make their own foodProducers – make their own food (plants).(plants). Consumers – eat plants or animals forConsumers – eat plants or animals for food.food.
- 5. Consumers Carnivores These consumers eat other consumers or we might say they eat animals. Herbivores These consumers eat producers or plants and bacteria. Omnivores These consumers eat both other consumers and producers. So we might say they eat animals and plants. A bit like us!
- 6. Key wordsKey words Producers – make their own foodProducers – make their own food (plants).(plants). Consumers – eat plants or animals forConsumers – eat plants or animals for food.food. Herbivores – eat plants only.Herbivores – eat plants only. Omnivores – eat plants and animals.Omnivores – eat plants and animals. Carnivores – eat animals only.Carnivores – eat animals only.
- 8. Food Chains Food chains show us what is eaten by what. Look at the food chain below: grass rabbit fox The shows the direction of energy flow in the chain. We can imagine that the arrow means ‘eaten by’, so energy is transferred in the direction of the arrow. So this food chain says: Note that food chains always start with a producer. Grass is eaten by the rabbit, which is eaten by a hawk.
- 11. Food chainsFood chains Key points:Key points: Food chains show what eats what.Food chains show what eats what. Start with producers (plant) and withStart with producers (plant) and with arrows show what eats what.arrows show what eats what. End of food chain is the tertiaryEnd of food chain is the tertiary consumer (top predator).consumer (top predator). Core Science 1 – Pages 92 and 93Core Science 1 – Pages 92 and 93
- 12. QuestionsQuestions Core Science 1 – Pages 92 and 93Core Science 1 – Pages 92 and 93
- 13. AnswersAnswers ConsumersConsumers CarnivoresCarnivores ProducersProducers HerbivoresHerbivores (a) Animals that eat other(a) Animals that eat other animals to survive.animals to survive. (b) Animals that eat(b) Animals that eat plants in order toplants in order to survive.survive. (c) Animals that eat(c) Animals that eat plants or other animalsplants or other animals to survive .to survive . (d) Plants that capture(d) Plants that capture the sun’s energy andthe sun’s energy and store it as food.store it as food. (a) (b) (c) (d)(b) (b) (b) (a) (a) (a) (c) (c) (c) (d) (d) (d) Key Words
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