Food Chains Ms.

Natasha – Shawon WS 4

Use the words in the word box to complete the sentences below.

producer carnivores apex predator primary

prey food chain trophic levels consumers
tertiary
food webs herbivore consumer secondary consumers
consumers
omnivore predator decomposers

A is a living organism that makes its own food by using

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sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Examples include plants and algae.

A living organism that eats other organisms for energy is known as a

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. Examples of these organisms include animals, insects, and humans.

Bears, humans, and pigs are consumers that eat both plants and animals. This type
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of consumer is called an .

4 A is an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.

Top carnivores such as wolves and eagles are

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because they eat secondary consumers.

6 An animal that is hunted and killed by other animals for food is called .

are consumers that only eat other

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animals. Examples include lions, tigers, and sharks.

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An is a top predator that is not preyed upon by other

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animals in the ecosystem. Examples include lions and crocodiles.

A is a sequence of organisms in an ecosystem in which

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each organism feeds on the one below it in the chain.

are each step in a food chain or food web where

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energy is transferred from one level to the next.

A consumer that eats producers such as herbivores such as rabbits and grasshoppers
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are called .

A consumer that only eats plants such as rabbits, deer, and cows
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are called .

Consumers that eat primary consumers such as carnivores such as

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foxes and snakes are .

14 are complex networks of interrelated food chains in an ecosystem.

Bacteria and fungi are examples of . These organisms

15 break down dead organisms and waste materials and recycle nutrients
back into the ecosystem.
Inside My Body

Can you stick the missing organs back into the correct place?

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Solids, Liquids and Gases

S - solid G - gas L - liquid

Mark each material with the correct letter using the key above.

wool plastic cotton

metal jelly

oxygen steam wood

hot air water