Food chain and food web
All animals eat other living things. The pattern of eating and being eaten is called a food chain.
What does plants and animals need to live
Food
Plants use what to make food
They use the sunlight
What do herbivores eat
they eat plants
What are some animals that are decomposers
Bacteria, worms, slugs, snails, fungi such as mushrooms.
What is a food web
When an animal from one food chain eats an animal from another, the food chains connect and the pattern is called a food web.
Food provides what for animals and plants?
nutrients
What is a primary producer
A primary producer is the first food makers in the food chain or web.
What do carnivores eat
they eat animals
what does a omnivore eat?
they eat both plants and animals
What does a food chain include
Producers (plants)
Herbivores(Eat only plants)
Carnivores (Eat mostly other animals)
Omnivores (Eats both plants and animals)
Scavengers(Eat dead animal bodies.
Decomposers(Break down dead plant or animal remains)
What type of plants trap the sun's energy to turn it into food?
Green plants
Animals need what to survive besides food or water
oxygen
What is consumers
Animals that eat to get food energy
What is an opportunistic feeder
they are animals that usually don’t have trouble finding food because they eat whatever is available
What is an ecosystem
An ecosystem is a habitat that includes plants, water and animals.
A herbivores body only absorb who much of the plants energy
A small amount of the energy o the plant
What does plants need more than just sunlight for photosynthesis
They need a green substance on their leaves called chlorophyll
What is predators
an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
what is detritus
material that is decomposing or breaking down
Fill in the blanks: All ______ things in an ecosystem are _________ in a ____ web and depend on ___ _______ for survival.
living, connected, food, one another
What is a energy pyramid
An energy pyramid shows that there are fewer living things at each level of a food web.
What is a photosynthesis? Explain
Photosynthesis= A plant’s food making process.Plants use energy they get from sunlight to combine water with carbon dioxide Plants also absorb carbon dioxide from the air and release large amounts of oxygen, which is essential for people and animals to live.
What is prey
The animal a predator eats
what is a decomposer
Decomposes are living things that get their food energy from dead material. They eat the leftover bodies of dead plants and animals. They recycle important nutrients and keep them moving throughout a food web