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    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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