Difference between revisions of "Food Chain"
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A [[diagram]] used to show which creatures eat which other creatures in a [[habitat]]. | A [[diagram]] used to show which creatures eat which other creatures in a [[habitat]]. | ||
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: Food chains always start with a plant. | : Food chains always start with a plant. | ||
: Food chains use arrows to show which animals are eaten by which other animals. The arrow points from the food to the animal that eats it. | : Food chains use arrows to show which animals are eaten by which other animals. The arrow points from the food to the animal that eats it. | ||
| + | : You do not need to draw your own creatures in a food chain, you can just write their names. | ||
===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
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|In this '''food chain''' The [[grass]] is eaten by the [[grasshopper]] and the [[grasshopper]] is eaten by the [[snake]]. | |In this '''food chain''' The [[grass]] is eaten by the [[grasshopper]] and the [[grasshopper]] is eaten by the [[snake]]. | ||
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| + | Apple → Fly → Frog → Hawk | ||
| + | Seaweed → Turtle → Shark | ||
| + | Bush → Mountain Goat → Snow Leopard | ||
| + | Leaf → Termite → Vole → Fox → Eagle | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 7 August 2018
Key Stage 1
Meaning
A diagram used to show which creatures eat which other creatures in a habitat.
About Food Chains
- Food chains always start with a plant.
- Food chains use arrows to show which animals are eaten by which other animals. The arrow points from the food to the animal that eats it.
- You do not need to draw your own creatures in a food chain, you can just write their names.
Examples
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| In this food chain the leaf is eaten by the caterpillar. The caterpillar is eaten by the chameleon. |
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| In this food chain The grass is eaten by the grasshopper and the grasshopper is eaten by the snake. |
Apple → Fly → Frog → Hawk Seaweed → Turtle → Shark Bush → Mountain Goat → Snow Leopard Leaf → Termite → Vole → Fox → Eagle