1. Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5 Term 1: Life and Living Food Chains (PPT 4)

2. Topic 4 Food Chains Food and feeding Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 1, Topic 4

3. More about food chains Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 1, Topic 4 Transfer of energy Green plants use photosynthesis to make glucose from the sun’s energy. Glucose is a form of energy. Animals eat the plants (or other animals who have eaten the plants). This gives them energy.

4. Photosynthesis Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 1, Topic 4

5. More about food chains Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 1, Topic 4 Producers, consumers and decomposers A PRODUCER is a living thing that makes its own food. Green plants are producers. A CONSUMER is a living thing that cannot make its own food. Consumers get their energy by eating food. All animals are consumers. A DECOMPOSER is a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead plants and animals. Fungi and bacteria are the most common decomposers.

6. More about food chains Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 1, Topic 4 Predators and prey A PREDATOR is an animal that hunts other animals for food. PREY is an animal that is hunted and eaten for food.