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