What is a food chain? Flashcards
1
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What is a food chain?
A
It shows how each animal gets its food. Food chains are one of the ways that living things depend on each other to stay alive.
2
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What are herbivores?
A
They get their energy from eating plants.
3
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What are carnivores?
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They get their energy from eating meat.
4
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What are omnivores?
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They get their energy from eating both plants and meat.
5
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Explain what happens in a food chain?
A
Energy travels from the Sun and is transferred through plants to animals. The path that energy takes is called an energy chain or a food chain.
6
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Does all the energy stay in the food chain?
A
Not all the energy from the Sun stays in the food chain, some are lost in the process
