1. Mongolian Saker Falcon Food Chains
Top Predator

2. Food Chains
A food chain shows the different organisms that live in a habitat, and what eats what
Food chains show a transfer of energy from one life form to another

3. Producers Photosynthesis A food chain always starts with a producer
A producer is an organism that makes its own food
A plant uses light from the sun, carbon dioxide and water to produce food in the form of glucose/sugar
This process is called ……
Photosynthesis

4. Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore
Consumers
Animals cannot make their own food, they eat (consume) plants or other animals
Animals are consumers, there are 3 groups
Herbivore
only eats
Carnivore
only eats
Omnivore
eats both

5. Decomposers Fungi and bacteria are decomposers
They are important part of the food chain, they break down material and return nutrients to the soil

6. Animals eat food to get energy
Herbivore
Consumer
Primary consumer
Producer
Omnivore
Consumer
Consumer
Carnivore
Tertiary consumer
Secondary consumer

7. Why is it important to conserve falcons?
Top predator in the food chain
A loss or reduction in numbers of predators can effect the food web and ecosystem.
If rodent populations increase, grasslands can be effected, which in turn affects livestock

8. Predator prey predator FOOD WEB
……………… is an animal that eats other animals The animal the predator eats is called ……….. Most prey have more than one ………………… When all food chains in a habitat are joined up together they form a ….
prey
predator
FOOD WEB

9. Acknowledgements