Antarctic food chain – information Read the following paragraph about who eats whom in the Antarctic and draw a food chain that shows the feeding relationships in this habitat. Don’t forget that your food chain must start with a producer! Killer whales or orca’s range around Antarctica hunting for their food. One of the species that they eat are the Weddell Seal. Weddell seals are large mammals that stay in Antarctica all year round. One of the many things that they eat are squid. Squid are very fast hunters who often poison their prey. They feed on many different organisms including shrimp. Shrimp are small animals that live on the ocean floor. There are over 2,000 different species of shrimp all over the world. They are omnivores but phytoplankton makes up a large part of their diet.

Antarctic food chain – answer phyto- plankton shrimp squid weddell seal killer whale Killer whales or orca’s range around Antarctica hunting for their food. One of the species that they eat are the Weddell Seal. Weddell seals are large mammals that stay in Antarctica all year round. One of the many things that they eat are squid. Squid are very fast hunters who often poison their prey. They feed on many different organisms including shrimp. Shrimp are small animals that live on the ocean floor. There are over 2,000 different species of shrimp all over the world. They are omnivores but phytoplankton makes up a large part of their diet.

Food chains and feeding types Food chains always start with a producer. If the producer is a plant it can be any part of the plant, such as the seeds, fruits, leaves or even dead leaves. From looking at a food chain we can tell if an organism is a producer, a herbivore or a carnivore. What are the feeding types of the animals in this food chain? leaf caterpillar bird cat

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Ranking consumers Consumers eat plants or animals, or both. A food chain can be used to rank different types of consumers. human crayfish limpet seaweed primary consumer secondary consumer tertiary consumer producer producers – make their own food; primary consumers – eat producers; secondary consumers – eat primary consumers; tertiary consumers – eat secondary consumers.

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Contents 7C Feeding Relationships Habitats Adaptations Feeding types Food chains Food webs Summary activities

What is a food web? Most animals would get pretty fed up if they only ate one thing. Instead, they usually eat many different things and are involved in lots of different food chains. plants  aphid  ladybird  blue tit  owl plants  moth larva  blue tit  owl plants  moth larva  spider  chiffchaff  owl plants  vole  stoat plants  vole  owl These food chains can be put together in a food web, which shows how the food chains are connected. What would the food web look like for these food chains?

What is a food web? chiffchaff owl blue tit stoat spider ladybird moth larva vole aphid plants

Using a food web Name the producer in this food web. owl Name two herbivores in this food web. Name two species that are top carnivores. How many secondary consumers are there? Which food chains include a moth larva? owl stoat blue tit chiffchaff spider vole ladybird moth larva aphid plants

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Contents 7C Feeding Relationships Habitats Adaptations Feeding types Food chains Food webs Summary activities

Glossary adaptation – A feature that helps an organism live in a particular place. carnivore – An organism that only eats other animals. consumer – An organism that feeds on plants or animals. food chain – A sequence that shows feeding relationships and the transfer of energy between organisms. food web – Food chains that are linked to show the complex feeding relationships in a habitat. habitat – The place where an organism lives. herbivore – An organism that only eats plants. omnivore – An organism that eats both plants and animals. producer – A plant that makes food by photosynthesis.

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