Food Chains Classwork and Homework
Definitions:
1.
Producers:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2.
Consumers:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
3.
Predator:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
4.
Prey:_____________________________________________________________
5.
Food Chain:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
6.
Herbivores:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
7.
Carnivores:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
8.
Omnivores:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
9.
Food Web:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
10.
Scavengers:_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
11.
Decomposers: _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Food Chains Classwork and Homework
Classwork :
Wolf (eats foxes and rabbits)
Moose (eats grass)
Fox (eats rabbits)
Grass
Rabbit (eats grass)
Bonus:
Homework : Due next class: __________________
*Create a food chain using at least 3 organisms from the table above. (Use the space provided below)

Practice
Food Chain #1: Draw and label the food chain ( label producers, consumers, predators, and prey)
Food Chain #2 (From Video) Draw and label the food chain ( label producers, consumers, predators, and prey)
Food Chain #3: (Your Favorite Food…chain) Draw and label the food chain ( label producers, consumers, predators, and prey)

Food Webs Classwork
Wolf (eats foxes and rabbits)
Moose (eats grass)
Fox (eats rabbits)
Bear (eats berries and fish)
Rabbit (eats grass)
Bonus:
Guided Notes
Plants such as _____________________ and _____________________ are at the
_____________________of the food _____________________. Plants get their energy from the _____________________.
Animals such as _____________________ and _____________________ get their energy by eating plants. They are called _____________________, which means 'plant eaters.' There are many more herbivores on our planet than _____________________, which are animals that eat meat. Humans are
____________________.
_____________________ such as wolves and _____________________ are at the
_____________________ of the food chain. Predators are animals that _____________________ other animals. The animals that they hunt are called _____________________. Some animals are __________ predator and prey.
Most animals belong to _____________________ than one food chain, which means many food chains are _____________________ together. Many food chains together form a food _____________________.
The food web shows how the sun's _____________________ moves from plants to animals to other animals.

Create A Food Web (using the 4 food chains from Warm Up)
TABLE Directions: For each organism (trees, deer, etc.), decide whether it is a producer or consumer, predator or prey, and carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore.
Mark an X under each category you choose.
Organism Producers Consumers Predators Prey Herbivores Omnivores Carnivores
Trees
Grass
Deer
Snake
Hawk
Mouse
Cricket
Frog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QUESTIONS: Use the food web on the screen to answer these questions
1. What would most likely cause the rabbit population to decrease (get smaller)?
EXPLAIN your answer!
2.
Identify one producer in the food web.
3.
Identify one consumer in this food web.
4.
Identify one predator in this food web.
5.
Identify one prey in this food web.
6.
Identify one carnivore in this food web.
7.
Identify one herbivore in this food web.
8.
Identify one omnivore in this food web.