What is a food chain? Flashcards
Food provides _________
energy
All living things need to consume something like ______ for energy. Because of this, all living things are part of a food chain.
food
All living things need energy from food to grow, _________ and _______. Plants get their energy from sunlight in ____________. Animals need to eat plants or other animals to get their ________.
repair themselves and reproduce
photosynthesis
energy
The flow of energy from one living thing to another is shown in the arrows in a food __________.
food chain
Plants are at the beginning of most food chains. They are called ________ because they make their own food.
producers
Any animal which eats a producer is called a __________.
primary consumer.
All primary consumers are _________ because they only eat plants.
herbivores
___________ covert energy from the Sun into food.
Producers covert energy from the Sun into food.
_______________consumers eat primary consumers.
Secondary consumers eat primary consumers.
All secondary consumers are ____________ because they kill and eat other animals.
All secondary consumers are predators because they kill and eat other animals.
The fox is the _________ consumer and also a _________.
The fox is the secondary consumer and also a predator.
The animal at the top of the food chain is called the ___________.
top predator.
