food chains

Question 1

why do we need to eat?

Answer 1

• Because we need energy
  
  • energy is necessary for organisms to grow and to function
  • animals get energy from the food that they eat
  • plants use sunlight, water and nutrients to get energy
    plants use a process called photosynthesis

Question 2

producers

Answer 2

• produce their own food
  
  • they don’t rely on any other Organism to survive
  • they use sunlight water and nutrients
    for example, plants

Question 3

consumers

Answer 3

• cannot make their own food
  
  • need to consume plants and/or other animals
  • the three types of consumers (herbivores, carnivals, omnivores)
  • there are levels within the consumer food chain or food pyramid or food web
    these levels are primary, secondary, tertiary ect.

Question 4

herbivores

Answer 4

• Only eats plants
  
  • leaves, grass, flowers, seas, roots, fruit, bark, pollen etc
  • they are vegetarians
  • an example of herbivores are cows, horses, bunnies.

Question 5

carnivores

Answer 5

• Only eat meat
  
  • this includes insects and all other animals
    for example, felines, birds of prey, canines

Question 6

omnivores

Answer 6

• Can eat both plants and animals
  humans, most bears, raccoons, and most primates

Question 7

decomposers

Answer 7

• decompose dead plants and animals and decompose them to simplify forms of matter
  fungi and bacteria

Question 8

insectivores

Answer 8

• insectivores are organisms that eat insects
  for example, insectivorous birds

Question 9

food chains

Answer 9

• shows how each living thing gets its food
  
  • every food chain starts with a plant and end with an animal
    food chains very rarely have decomposers

Question 10

what do the arrows mean

Answer 10

Arrows mean is eaten by or gives energy to

Question 11

what is the scientific formular for photosynthesis?

Answer 11

• Co2 + h2o ———> C6 H12 06 +O2
  sunlight

           chlorophyll                sugar // 
                                               glucose