SOL 3.5- What makes up a food chain?

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SOL 3.5- What makes up a food chain?

• 3.5 The student will investigate and understand
  relationships among organisms in aquatic and
  terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include
  producer, consumer, decomposer herbivore,
  carnivore, omnivore and predator and prey.
• Created by Emily Hooker

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What is food? Food is material that organisms
use to get energy.
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Producers

• All food comes from organisms called producers.
  Producers make food from water, air and energy
  from sunlight. Green plants and tiny one-celled
  organisms are producers.

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Consumers

• Animals are consumers. Consumers are organisms
  that eat producers or other consumers.

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Food Chain

• Together, producers and consumers make a food
  chain. A food chain is a series of organisms
  that depend on one another for food. Food chains
  start with producers. Consumers eat those
  producers. Then other consumers eat the first
  consumers.

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Which are they?

• Producers?
• Consumers?

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There is more to a food chain than just producers
and consumers. Decomposers play a huge roll as
well. Decomposers break down dead plant and
animal material.
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Vore.

• Different consumers eat different kinds of food.
  Some consumers eat only plants. Some eat only
  animals. Still others eat both plants and
  animals. Each of these groups has its own
  special name. All of their names end with the
  letters vore. Vore means eater.

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Herbivore

• An animal that eats only plants is called an
  herbivore. Koala bears are herbivores.

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Carnivore

• An animal that eats only other animals is called
  a carnivore. Tigers are carnivores.

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Omnivore

• An animal that eats both plants and animals is
  called an omnivore. A racoon is an omnivore.

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Predator

• Animals that hunt for their food are called
  predators. Owls, coyotes, wolves and many other
  animals are hunters and therefore, predators.

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Prey

• The animals that predators eat are called prey.