Food chain / web

Q What is a habitat?A: A habitat is a place where an animal or plant lives.

Q What is food chain?A: When a plant is eaten by an animal and which in turn is eaten by another animal is a

food chain.

Q What is a food web?A: Food chains are interconnected or linked together to form a food web.

Q What does a food chain or food web show?A: Food chain or food web shows the food relationship and energy flow between different

organisms.

Q Show how energy flows from one organism to another.A: Sun-> leaves -> slug -> frog -> heron

Q Why are food chains important?A: Food chain or food web helps the population of all producers and consumers are kept

in balance.

Q What would happen if the food chains are broken?A: Breaking food chains, perhaps by killing all the rabbits in a habitat, can lead to uncontrolled plant growth and to the death of higher predators.

Q What are producers?A: Plants are producers. They can make their food using sunlight.

Q What are consumers?A: Consumers eat plants or animals to get the energy. All herbivores, carnivores and omnivores are

consumers.

Q What is a predator?A: A predator is an animal that hunts and feeds on other animal for food.

Q What is a prey?A: A prey is an animal that is hunted or eaten by another animal.