Food chain and web Power Point 2.03
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Word Definition Picture 1. Producer Makes its own food through sunlight (plants)
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Transcript of Food chain and web Power Point 2.03
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1. Producer
Makes its own food through
sunlight (plants)
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2. Consumer
Eats other organisms for food (animals)
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3. Herbivore
Consumer that eats plants only
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4. Carnivore
Consumer that eats other animals
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5. Omnivore
Consumer that eats plants and
animals
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6. Scavenger
Consumers that eat the bodies
of already-been-killed animals
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7. Decomposer
Breaks down remains of dead
organisms
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8. Food Chain
A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food
Each link in this chain is food for the next link. A food chain always starts with plant life and ends with an animal.
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9. Food Web A graphic that
shows the organisms that
eat and get eaten in an
environment
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
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10. Energy
Pyramid
A graphic that shows the loss of energy at
every level in an environment
More energy
Less energy
A FOOD WEB WORKS THE SAME WAY!
• The arrows go from the food to the animal eating it.
What does this fox
eat?
What does this bug eat?
Who eats
these bugs?
What does the
bunny eat?
Who eats the
butter-fly?
What does the
deer eat?
More vocabulary
1. Primary Producers – producers in a food chain/web/pyramid
2. Primary consumers – herbivores – eat producers
3. Secondary consumers – carnivores – eat the primary consumers
4. Tertiary consumers – carnivores – eat the secondary consumers
