Food chain & food web

Food chain & food web

1. Food Chain & Food Web

2. Food Chain : Pathway of energy flow from one living thing to another in an ecosystem Food Chain

3. Food Web : link up of all possible food chains in an ecosystem Food Web

4. A food web is made of food chains! What is the difference?

5. Food Pyramid: A food chain represented in a pyramid. Producers at the bottom and predators get larger as you got up. You need more producers, so their section is largest. Food Pyramid

6. Producer : Organism that uses energy to create its own food Consumer : Organism that feeds on other living organisms for energy (Example: all animals) Decomposer : Organism that breaks down the bodies or parts of dead plant or animal matter into smaller pieces (decay) (example: fungi, mushrooms, mould )

7. Are these producers, consumers or decomposers? What is this? Maggots decomposer consumer producer

8. Herbivore : Eats plants Carnivore : Eats animals Omnivore : Eats plants and animals Scavenger : Animal that eats the dead remains and wastes of other animals and plants (example: crows, ravens, maggots)