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    Plants are primary producers that can make their own food, while animals are consumers that must eat other organisms. Primary consumers eat primary producers like plants. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers like animals that eat plants. Food chains show the transfer of energy from primary producers to primary and secondary consumers, with more organisms at lower trophic levels to support those at higher levels.

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    Plants are primary producers that can make their own food, while animals are consumers that must eat other organisms. Primary consumers eat primary producers like plants. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers like animals that eat plants. Food chains show the transfer of energy from primary producers to primary and secondary consumers, with more organisms at lower trophic levels to support those at higher levels.

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    Food Chains All living things must eat in order to __________.

    Plants can make their own food and store it up. Animals cannot ____ this. Plants are called the primary producers in a food __________ because they are the only living ____________ that can make their own food. Animals that eat _______ plants are called primary consumers. The next link in the chain is formed by the larger ____________that catch and eat the animals that eat the plants. These are _____________ secondary consumers. Sometimes there are more links in a ___________ chain.
    Complete these food chains and label them primary producers, primary consumers or secondary consumers: 1.PLANT RABBIT _________ _________ 2.PLANT 3.PLANT 4.PLANT CATERPILLAR _________ COW APHIDS _________ FISH _________

    _______

    Usually there are more primary producers ( ) than primary consumers that feed on __________. Therefore, there must be more primary consumers than _____________ consumers (predators). If there were too many predators, then there wouldnt be enough __________ to go round!

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