CONTENTS

VIDEO

ACTIVITIES

EVALUATION

SCIENCE FORM TWO FOOD WEBs & FOOD CHAINs

Created by: Alison Ong

WHAT IS A FOOD CHAIN ?

shows how each living

thing gets its food. Some animals eat plants and some animals eat other animals.

EXAMPLE OF A FOOD CHAIN

BIRD

CATERPILLAR

PLANT

Food Web

A food web is a model that shows all the possible feeding relationships between organisms living in an ecosystem.

What are the differences between food webs and food chains?

A food web is actually several food chains joined together.

How many food chains can you make from this food web?

WHAT IS IN A FOOD CHAIN ?

PRODUCERS
CONSUMERS DECOMPOSERS

Producers

Plants get their energy from the sun. They are producers because they make their own food using energy from the sun.

CONSUMERS
Consumers hunt, gather, and store food because they cannot make their own.

Three Types of Consumers

Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores

Herbivores
A herbivore is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants.

Large Herbivores

Medium-sized Herbivores

Small Herbivores

Carnivore
A carnivore is an animal that gets food from killing and eating other animals.

Large Carnivores

Medium Carnivores

Small Carnivores

Omnivore
An omnivore is a kind of animal that either eats other animals or plants.

Large Omnivores

Medium-sized Omnivores

Small Omnivores

Decomposers and scavengers

Scavengers

Decomposers

Lets Look at a Food Chain

A food chain is a simplified way to look at the energy that passes from producers to consumers.