3. What do arrows represent?
The arrows represent the
energy that is being passed
from one organism to another.
4. What does the diagram
above say in words?
Plants are eaten by herbivores
and herbivores are eaten by
carnivores.
5. Plants are called producers because
they are able to use light energy from
the Sun to produce food (sugar) from
carbon dioxide and water. The process
by which plants make food is called
photosynthesis.
PRODUCERS
6. Animals cannot make their own
food so they must eat plants
and/or other animals. They are
called consumers.
CONSUMERS
7. Animals that eat ONLY PLANTS
are called herbivores and are
also called primary
consumers.
Primary Consumers
8. Animals that eat OTHER ANIMALS are
called carnivores. Carnivores that eat
herbivores are called secondary
consumers.
Secondary Consumers
9. Carnivores that eat other
carnivores are called tertiary
consumers.
Tertiary Consumers
10.
11. Spell the word: _________
Spell the word: _________
DEFORESTATION
EROSION
Spell the word: _________
POLLUTION
