1. Food Chain Notes

2. Food Chain: A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy Example: Grass -> Rabbit -> Coyote -> Bacteria

3. Producer: An organism that makes its own food Symbol : P Example: Any green plant

4. Herbivore or Primary Consumer: Organisms that only eat plants Symbol : C1 Example: Moose, Deer, Elk, Rabbit, Zebra

5. Carnivore or Secondary Consumer: Organism that eats other animals Symbol: C2 Example: Coyote, Wolf, Shark, Lion, Snake

6. Omnivore: Organisms that eat other organisms and plants Example: Raccoons, Black Bear, Humans

7. Scavenger: Animals that feed on the bodies of dead organisms Example: Turkey Vulture, Hyena Decomposer: Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem Example: Bacteria, Fungi Symbol: D/S

8. Go to the corner where you think the animal or plant belongs A: Herbivore (By the door) B: Carnivore (By the TV) C: Omnivore (ElK) D: Decomposer/Scavenger( In the back by Spikes cage) E: Producer (center)

9. Food Chain Diagram ProducerC1C2 Soil

10. Food Chain Diagram ProducerC1C2 Soil Decomposer/Scavenger

11. Food Chain Diagram ProducerC1C2 Soil Decomposer/Scavenger sunlight water carbon dioxide nutrients

12. Energy Pyramid

13. C2

14. Energy Pyramid C2 C1

15. Energy Pyramid C2 C1 Producers

16. Energy Pyramid C2 C1 Producers D E C O M P O S E R S

17. What does the energy pyramid tell us? 14a. The number of organisms at each level of the food chain C2 C1 Producers D E C O M P O S E R S

18. What does the energy pyramid tell us? 14a. The number of organisms at each level of the food chain 14b. The energy decreases as you move towards the top of the pyramid. C2 C1 Producers D E C O M P O S E R S

19. Example food chains Algae > tadpoles > bass > crayfish > soil PC1C2 D/S acorns> squirrel > fox > vulture > soil