Food Chains – Basic Components

 

Name:__________________________________        Date:_________________

 

Define the following terms:

Producer: ­­­­­­­­­­_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Consumer: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Decomposer: ­­­­­­­­­­______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Herbivore: ­­­­­­­­­­_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Omnivore: ­­­­­­­­­­_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Carnivore: ­­­­­­­­­­_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Predator: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Prey: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Match each picture to the category it belongs:

_____ Producer                                                       

_____ Primary Consumer/Herbivore

_____ Secondary Consumer/Omnivore

_____ Tertiary Consumer/Carnivore

_____ Decomposer

 


A.                                            B.                    C.                                D.                                E.

 

 

 

 

 

Is a predator a consumer or a producer? _______________________________

Explain why it can only be one and not the other.___________________________________________________________________________________________

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Fill in the lines next to the pyramid to tell where producers and consumers fit.  Next, draw a picture of something in that group on each tier of the pyramid.

 

 

 

Fill in the Venn diagram with the following words: Carnivore, Omnivore, and Herbivore.  Then, draw pictures of what would be eaten in each category.

Eats Meat                              Eats Plants

                                   

Solve this!

In a forest, there are twice as many flowers as there are mice.  There are twice as many mice as there are snakes.  There are twice as many snakes as there are hawks.  There are 2 hawks.  How many mice, snakes, and hawks are there in the forest?  Draw pictures if you need to.

 

___2__ Hawks          ________ Snakes       _________ Mice   ________ Flowers