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gr4 wk27 What S For Dinner
gr4 wk27 What S For Dinner
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Herbivores
Some animals do not eat other animals. They survive on plants and are known as herbivores.
Carnivores
Some animals, like the kingfisher, eat only other animals. These animals are called carnivores.
Omnivores
Some animals, like us, eat both plants and animals. These animals are called omnivores.
Consumers
Consume means eat. Animals are consumers because they eat (consume) food provided by plants or other animals.
Producers
Plants are living organisms. They need nourishment to survive. But Plants do not eat other plants or animals. Plants are called producers, because they produce their own food using sunlight.
Food Chains
A food chain shows what is eaten.
Food Chains
A food chain shows what is eaten.
The lettuce is eaten by the slug, the slug is eaten by the bird.
No other animal hunts the lion. The lion is at the top of the food chain. Can you think why?
Food Webs
In the wild, animals may eat more than one thing, so they belong to more than one food chain. To get the food they need, small herbivores may eat lots of different plants, and carnivores may eat many different animals.
Food Webs
We can show this by using a food web, which is just a more complicated version of a food chain.
owl
fox
rabbits
mice
grass
seeds
berries
1. Which organisms are the producers? Answer: Cacti, Bushes, Flowers, Ocotillo, Rabbit Brush, Sage Brush, etc.
2. Identify the consumers... C Carnivore O Omnivore H Herbivore Answer: C-=Tarantulas, Scorpions, Lizards, Snakes, Fox, and Hawk.
O = Lizards
H = Insect, Rodents, Kangaroo Rats.
3. What would happen if the rodents and kangaroo rats died due to a severe drought?
The snake would only have one food choice left, lizards. Also, it would give less choices for the fox and hawk to eat, making them compete for what is left.
4. Use one or two blank pages in your notebook for the following. Draw a simple food chain in your notebook. Add arrows to show the transfer of energy. See if you can add another food chain to make it a food web. How many can you add? Remember Arrows go to the organism that does the eating! Arrows show the direction the energy has transferred! For example, the plants energy goes to the caterpillar and the caterpillar goes to the bird.
5. After you have finished your food web answer these questions.
What would happen to your food web if the plants, died because of a flood? What would happen if a disease affected the top of your food chain?
Environmental Changes?
There are lots of reasons why environmental changes affect animals. The most common are: loss of habitat (woodlands cut down, rivers drying up, number of people in the world is growing at an alarming rate). chemicals or pollution poison the animals. hunting (for sport, their fur, tusks or meat).