Food Chains Flashcards

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What is a HERBIVORE?

A

Animals eat only plants.

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What is a CARNIVORE?

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An animal that eats only meat.

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What is the name of an animal that eats plants and meat?

A

Omnivore.

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Plants are known as PRODUCERS. Explain what this means.

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Plants produce their own food.

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Why are animals not PRODUCERS?

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Animals don’t produce their own food but rely on eating plants and other animals.

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What does a FOOD CHAIN show?

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The order in which animals eat plants and other animals to get energy.

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What do the arrows in a food chain show?

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The direction in which the energy is passed.

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What do all food chains start with?

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A green plant that is a producer.

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What do green plants use to make their food?

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Energy from the sun, water and carbon dioxide.

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Why are animals called CONSUMERS?

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They eat plants to get their food (energy).

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What is a DECOMPOSER?

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Consumers that break down dead plants and animals.

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What is the name of the green substance in plants that help make their food?

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Chlorophyll

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Name the process by which plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.

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Photosynthesis

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