FOOD CHAIN CLASSIFICATION CALEY WRIGHT

TEACHER INFORMATION Content Area: Science Grade Level: 6 th Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to have the student classify animals correctly by referring to websites and facts mentioned within this PowerPoint. Learning Objective: The student will classify animals into their correct group by answering the questions given within the PowerPoint with 100% accuracy. Classify organisms as producers, consumers, predators, or decomposers according to their role in a food chain or food web (SPI ).

STUDENT INFORMATION There are four different types of classifications you will cover in this PowerPoint: 1.Predators 2.Producers 3.Consumers 4.Decomposers

PREDATORS Predators are also known as scavengers. A predator is an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food. Predators are at the top of the food chain. Examples of a predator are a jaguar and a bald eagle. Predators have little or no natural enemies. Food Chain Glossary

PRODUCERS A producer is an organism that makes its own food from light energy or chemical energy. Light energy is made from a process called photosynthesis. Chemical energy is made from a process called chemosynthesis. Most producers are plants. Producers are the base of the food chain. Food Chain Glossary

CONSUMERS A consumer is a living thing that eats other living things to survive. A consumer cannot make its own food. Primary consumers eat producers. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and so on. Examples of a consumer are people and cows. Food Chain Glossary

DECOMPOSERS A decomposer is an organism that breaks down organic matter. Organic matter comes from the remains of once-living organisms such as plants and animals and their waste products in the environment that they leave behind. What decomposers leave behind is used by primary consumers. An example of a decomposer is fungi. Food Chain Glossary

QUIZ QUESTION #1: WHAT IS AN ELEPHANT CLASSIFIED AS? A.DecomposerDecomposer B.ProducerProducer C.ConsumerConsumer D.PredatorPredator

CORRECT! An elephant is classified as a consumer because it eats other living things, such as plants, to survive.

QUIZ QUESTION #2: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A PRODUCER? A.FlowerFlower B.MushroomMushroom C.TreeTree D.CricketCricket

CORRECT! A cricket is not a producer because it does not make its own food.

QUIZ QUESTION #3: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE DECOMPOSERS EXCEPT…? A.GrassGrass B.EarthwormEarthworm C.FungiFungi D.BacteriaBacteria

CORRECT! Grass is not considered a decomposer because it is a producer and makes its own food.

QUIZ QUESTION #4: A PREDATOR HAS LITTLE OR NO NATURAL ENEMIES. TRUE OR FALSE? A.TrueTrue B.FalseFalse

CORRECT! A predator has little or no natural enemies because it is at the top of the food chain.

SUMMARY CONGRATULATIONS! You successfully learned all of the food chain classifications! A+

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REMEMBER! Elephants do not make their own food. Elephants do not hunt other animals. To go back to Quiz Question #1, click the black button.

REMEMBER! Producers make their own food. Producers are usually plants. To go back to Quiz Question #2, click the black button.

REMEMBER! A decomposer is an organism that breaks down organic matter. What decomposers leave behind is used by primary consumers. To go back to Quiz Question #3, click the black button.

REMEMBER! A predator hunts and kills other animals for food. A predator is at the top of the food chain. To go back to Quiz Question #4, click the black button.