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    C3 Food Chains and Food Webs

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    This document discusses food chains and food webs. It defines key terms like herbivore, carnivore, and producer. It explains that food chains show the transfer of energy and chemicals from one organism to the next. Examples of food chains are provided, as well as explanations of predator vs. prey adaptations. The document emphasizes that most organisms are part of multiple interconnected food chains that together form a larger food web.

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    This document discusses food chains and food webs. It defines key terms like herbivore, carnivore, and producer. It explains that food chains show the transfer of energy and chemicals from one organism to the next. Examples of food chains are provided, as well as explanations of predator vs. prey adaptations. The document emphasizes that most organisms are part of multiple interconnected food chains that together form a larger food web.

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    Food chains and food webs

    Food chains and food webs


    To know that energy and chemicals transfer
    along food chains
    To be able to construct food chains

    Keywords
    herbivore, carnivore, producer
    Starter

    Can you identify the animals from


    the pictures below
    Herbivores

    Cows, horses, and sheep eat only grass,


    these types of animals are called
    HERBIVORES.
    Carnivores

    Animals such as lions, owls and foxes


    feed on meat, we call them
    CARNIVORES.
    Producer
    Green plants can
    capture the energy in
    sunlight.
    They change light
    energy to chemical
    energy.
    Green plants are called
    producers.
    A FOOD CHAIN shows the MOVEMENT
    OF ENERGY and FOOD CHEMICALS
    from one member of a chain to the
    next.
    7C Environment and feeding relationships

    Feeding
    relationships
    7C Feeding relationships - Who eats what?

    If one living thing is eaten by another living thing they


    have a feeding relationship.
    These words are used to describe feeding relationships...
    producer consumer herbivore carnivore omnivore

    Match each word to the correct definition.

    carnivore … an animal that only eats animals.


    producer … produces its own food using the Sun's energy.
    herbivore … an animal that only eats plants.
    consumer … cannot produce its own food and eats other organisms
    to survive.
    omnivore …an animal that eats both plants and animals.
    7C Feeding relationships - Predator or prey?

    Decide if each adaptation is a characteristic of a


    predator or prey.
    predator prey

    sharp teeth for tearing horns to protect them


    sharp teeth for tearing eyes on the side

    eyes forward eyes on the side


    easily startled acute vision and sense of smell

    may ambush or hunt by stealth eyes forward


    easily startled
    horns to protect them camouflaged

    claws for piercing and gripping


    claws camouflaged
    for piercing and gripping

    acutevision
    acute hearing and
    and sense
    sense of of smell
    smell acute hearing and sense of smell
    may ambush or hunt by stealth
    7C Feeding relationships – Food chain = energy chain

    A food chain shows how organisms are connected by


    what they eat.
    Food chains
    7C Feeding relationships – Create a food chain

    In this food chain which organism is the top carnivore,


    the herbivore, the primary consumer and the producer?
    7C Feeding relationships – Connecting food chains

    Most organisms are part of more than one food chain.

    Connected food chains form a network called a food web.


    Review lesson

    p214 and p216 worksheets


    Homework

    Complete the question sheet

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