Food Chains Flashcards
What is a HERBIVORE?
Animals eat only plants.
What is a CARNIVORE?
An animal that eats only meat.
What is the name of an animal that eats plants and meat?
Omnivore.
Plants are known as PRODUCERS. Explain what this means.
Plants produce their own food.
Why are animals not PRODUCERS?
Animals don’t produce their own food but rely on eating plants and other animals.
What does a FOOD CHAIN show?
The order in which animals eat plants and other animals to get energy.
What do the arrows in a food chain show?
The direction in which the energy is passed.
What do all food chains start with?
A green plant that is a producer.
What do green plants use to make their food?
Energy from the sun, water and carbon dioxide.
Why are animals called CONSUMERS?
They eat plants to get their food (energy).
What is a DECOMPOSER?
Consumers that break down dead plants and animals.
What is the name of the green substance in plants that help make their food?
Chlorophyll
Name the process by which plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Photosynthesis
