Food+Chains

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 * ===WHAT IS A FOOD CHAIN? ===
 * A **food chain** is the path by which energy passes from one living thing to another.


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WHAT’S IN A FOOD CHAIN?

 * ** PRODUCERS **
 * ex: plants
 * The bottom of the food chain
 * Make their own food
 * Green plants use energy from the sun to make food in a process called **__photosynthesis__**
 * ** CONSUMERS **
 * == Hunt, gather, and store food because they cannot make their own ==
 * == 4 types: ==
 * == __**Herbivores**__ - only eat plants (ex: pandas, deer, rabbits, grasshoppers, squirrels) ==
 * == __**Carnivores**__ - only eat other animals (ex: tigers, lions, wolves, hawks, owls) ==
 * == __**Omnivores**__ - eat both plants and animals (ex: humans, bears, pigs) ==
 * == __**Scavengers**__ - eat the remains of dead plants and animals (ex: vultures, raccoons, crows) ==
 * ** DECOMPOSERS **
 * Organisms that break down everything that is left in the food chain
 * Given enough time, decomposers can break down anything on Earth!
 * As they break down material, they release nutrients into the soil and water that are vital to all other organisms
 * ex: bacteria, fungus, worms

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=== **WHAT AM I?** (//Classify each of the following using the terms you learned in this lesson//.) ===