5th grade Food Webs

Food Webs

Vocabulary and more!!

An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals.

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Consumer

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals without need for internal digestion.

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Decomposer

An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy.

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Producer

An interconnected set of food chains.

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Food Web

Multiple Choice

What is the energy source for all food webs?

• The Sun

• Fossil Fuels

• Wind

• Nuclear Energy

Drag and Drop

Put the items in correct order to make a food chain.

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

sun

grass

mouse

snake

hawk

Open Ended

How do you think a reduction or loss of consumers

in an ecosystem might affect producers?

Poll

Which decomposers do you think would have more food sources?

• Those that prefer plants.

• Those that prefer animals.

Hotspot

What are the producers in this food web?