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Food Chains

This document discusses food chains and food webs. It defines a food chain as the path of energy transfer between living things, from producers like plants, to consumers like herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, and finally decomposers. A food web shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem, with predators consuming prey from different chains.

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Food Chains

This document discusses food chains and food webs. It defines a food chain as the path of energy transfer between living things, from producers like plants, to consumers like herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, and finally decomposers. A food web shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem, with predators consuming prey from different chains.

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Food Chains

and
Food Webs

Science SOL 3.5


Created by Mrs. Miller
T. C. Walker Elementary School
Gloucester, Virginia
What is a Food Chain?

A food chain is the path by


which energy passes from
one living thing to another.
What’s in a Food Chain?

Producers

Consumers

Decomposers
Producers

Producers make
their own food
Green plants use
energy from the
sun to make food
Producers are on
the bottom of the
food chain
Consumers

Consumers hunt, gather,


and store food because they
cannot make their own.
Three Types of Consumers

Herbivores

Carnivores

Omnivores
Herbivores

Animals who eat plants


such as:
– grasshoppers
– rabbits
– squirrels
– deer
– pandas
Carnivores

Animals who only eat other


animals such as:
– tigers
– lions
– hawks
– wolves
– cougars
Omnivores

Animals who eat both plants


and animals such as:
– humans
– bears
Decomposers

Microorganisms that are


able to break down large
molecules into smaller parts
Decomposers return the
nutrients that are in a living
thing to the soil
Let’s Look
at a
Food Chain
A food chain is
a simplified
way to look at
the energy
that passes
from producers
to consumers.
Types of Food Chains

Aquatic- Water-related food


chains with sea plants and
animals

Terrestrial- Land-related
food chains with land plants
and animals
Predator & Prey

Predator- An animal that


captures and eats other
animals

Prey- The animal that is


captured and eaten
What is a Food Web?
A more realistic way of
looking at the relationship
of plants and animals in an
environment
Several food chains linked
together
A predator from one food
chain may be linked to the
prey of another food chain
Food Webs
How many food chains can you
make from this food web?

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