S ALL ABOUT FOOD N Every living thing needs food to N survive Food gives living things the energy they need to live Fox SAN grow and move When a NY rabbit eats grass it gets energy from that food When a fox N I S eats a rabbit it takes in energy EN stored in the rabbit's body PS Energy flows from one living At thing to another when it is eaten A shown food This can be as a chain Rabbit A food chain is named for the way the living things in it are linked together Grass
Snail term Minnow Dipper L Moose Lee Water weed In a food web arrows show how energy flows between living things Caddis fly larvae ES Sometimes several different animals eat the same foods On THINK ABOUT IT African grasslands zebra antelope What did you eat for lunch today and wildebeest all eat grass and Can you figure they are all eaten by lions and out your own food hyenas Many food chains that are chain linked are called a food
LY PRODUCERS A Plants do not eat food for energy They make or produce their own food That is why they are known as producers Plants use water and a gas called carbon dioxide to make SFN food in their leaves This is called photosynthesis Plants I I get energy for this process from sunlight The sun is at R HK the start of every food chain or web A plant's leaves are its food factories E THOINKABOUT IT Plants kept in the dark often die Why does this S
This diagram explains how the process of photosynthesis works Oxygen Sunlight Carbon dioxide To make food plants take carbon dioxide from the air into their leaves They take in water through their roots A green substance in the leaves called chlorophyll traps energy from sunlight The energy turns the gas and water into sugar and oxygen The sugar is stored by the plant to use as food The oxygen goes back into the air Water