Lesson 4: The Food Chain

In the last lesson, we learned about parents and young ones in animals.

This lesson is based on plants and food. We will learn something called the "Food Chain".

REMEMBER: PLANTS PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD. ANIMALS DO NOT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.
Before we learn food chain, it is important to know how plants make food.

Wonder how? How does mom make a cake? ... [parents explain how cake is made]

Now that we know how a cake is made, we will see how plants make food.

Plants make their food from Air, Sunlight and Water. All three are important for plants to live.
Since plants make their own food, they are called "Producers".

Pick a tune and sing along ...

Plants are here, plants are there,
Plants are living everywhere.
Plants make food, plants give food,
Plants give us breathing air.

All animals depend on plants for their food. However, not all animals can eat plants.

1. List of animals that eat plants

a. Cow
b. Goat
c. Horse
d. Rabbit
e. Elephant

Learn more: Learn 5 more different plant eating animals.
The animals that can eat plants are called HERBIVORES. The word means "herb-eater".

There are animals that cannot eat plants. So they eat other animals.

2. List of animals that eat animals

a. Lion
b. Tiger
c. Leopard
4. Polar Bear
5. Alligator

Learn more. Learn 5 more different animals that eat animals.
The animals that can only eat other animals are called CARNIVORES. The word means "meat-eater".

In a simple food chain, plants are eaten by herbivores, and herbivores are eaten by carnivores.
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Assignment for the lesson:

Wonder why? Why are there more plants in the food chain than animals? Is it really so?

Think about it - until then... cheers.