Science
Living Things and Their Habitats
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Science | Year 2 | Living Things and Their Habitats | Food Chains | Lesson 6
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Sources of Food
Today we are going to look at nutrition.
Do you remember the 7 life processes?
These are the things that all living plants and animals have to do.
These processes tell us if something is alive.
Sources of Food
Nutrition is about food. All living things need food to survive.
Food gives living things energy, which they use to carry out the other life processes, like moving and growing.
How do animals get their food?
Green plants make their own food using sunlight, water and air.
Animals are not able make their own food.
Sources of Food
Some animals get their food from eating plants.
These animals are called herbivores.
Can you think of some herbivores?
Can you think of some of the different things they could eat?
Sources of Food
These animals are herbivores.
They eat plants.
Sources of Food
Some animals get their food from eating other animals.
These animals are called carnivores.
Can you think of some carnivores?
Can you think of some of the different things they could eat?
Sources of Food
These animals are carnivores.
They eat animals.
Sources of Food
Some animals get their food from eating some plants and some other animals.
These animals are called omnivores.
Can you think of some omnivores?
Can you think of some of the different things they could eat?
Sources of Food
These animals are omnivores.
They eat plants and animals.
Sources of Food
Are humans herbivores, carnivores or omnivores?
What do we eat?
What Is a Food Chain?
A food chain shows how each animal gets its food. Food chains are one of the ways that living things depend on each other to stay alive.
Watch this clip to find out more!
What Is a Food Chain?
The arrows in a food chain mean ‘is eaten by’.
Can you name which animal is eating which in the food chain below?
What Is a Food Chain?
Each food chain starts with a green plant.
Green plants are called producers because they produce their own food.
All animals are called consumers because they consume their food by eating plants and other animals.
Animals that eat other animals are called predators. The animals that they eat are called prey.
predator
prey
consumer
producer
What Is a Food Chain?
There are food chains in all kinds of habitats.
What Is a Food Chain?
Use these living things to draw a food chain on your whiteboards.
Remember to draw the arrows to show who eats what!
Food Chains Sorting Activity
In your group, arrange the cards into as many food chains as you can.
There are lots of correct answers!
Food Chains Concertina Book
And Finally . . .
Rearrange these living things to make two food chains.
Which habitats do these food chains belong in?
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