The Sun
The Food Chain
The Sun emits sunlight, which is energy that plants need to grow.
The Food Chain is a diagram that shows how food energy transfers from one organism to another.
Food energy moves along the food chain when one organism eats another.
The Sun:
Producers
Learning target:
A Producer is a living thing that makes its own food.
Producers make their food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS
I can identify the components
how they work.
of a food chain and explain
Photosynthesis
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/311/deploy/interface.swf
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make their own food using carbon dioxide, water and sunlight.
Photosynthesis is how plants make their own food.
shows the path of food from one living thing to another
Carnivorous Plants:
Consumer
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/life/videos/venus-flytrap-catches-flies/
Consumers are organisms that
eat other living things
Producers?
Consumers?
Let's debate:
Are Carnivorous plants
Producers
or Consumers ?
3 Types of Consumers:
Herbivores
Carnivores
Herbivores are Primary (first) Consumers
Omnivores
Carnivores are tertiary (3rd) Consumers
Omnivores are secondary (2nd) consumers
Decomposers
Decomposers are organisms that break down other dead organisms to use as food.