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NK7 U1 READING 2 FOOD CHAIN

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  • Animals that eat both meat and plants are called _________.
    herbivores
    omnivores
    consumers
    carnivores
  • Animals that eat other animals are called ________. Animals that are eaten by other animals are called ___.
    predators- prey
  • Animals that only eat meat are called _____________________.
    omnivores
    consumers
    carnivores
    herbivores
  • All living things are divided into three main groups: ____________, _____________, and decomposers.
    producers, consumers
  • What's an organism?
    It's a living thing.
  • Plants make their own food through a process called _____. They use ____from the Sun, ________ from the soil, and ____ from the air to produce oxygen and _______.
    photosynthesis- light- water - carbon dioxide- sugar (glucose)
  • The food chain explains how____________________ they need.
    living things get the food
  • Animals that only eat plants are called ____________________.
    herbivores
    omnivores
    carnivores
    producers
  • When animals and _________ die, they become food for _____ like bacteria, ____, earthworms and some insects.
    plants- decomposers- fungi
  • A group of very similar organisms is called a _________.
    species
  • Horses and cows cannot have ________ together because they are different species.
    offspring
  • Some examples of producers are ___________, _________, and__________.
    trees, grasses, shrubs
  • The nutrients released from decomposed plants and animals are vital food for ______.
    producers
  • Animals are called ______ because they cannot make their own food. They need to consume __________________________________.
    consumers- other animals and plants
  • Every _____________ is a producer. Producers are living things that ________________ their own food.
    plant- produce/ make
  • Decomposers ______ dead animals and plants and during this process. they release ____ like carbon and ______ back into the ___, air, and water.
    break down- nutrients- nitrogen- soil