Film title: Food chain
This is one of the world's fastest hunters.
Today this cheetah is hoping to make a meal of this gazelle.
The cheetah gets its energy from eating the meat.
The gazelle and the cheetah are part of a food chain.
Food Chain
A series of organisms that rely on each other for food form a food chain.
The arrow in the diagram shows the flow of energy between the organisms.
food chain
arrows show energy flow
At the bottom of every food chain is a producer, like this grass.
All green plants are producers.
This means they produce their own food using energy from the Sun.
producers
produce their own food
using energy from the Sun
This process called photosynthesis.
photosynthesis
Animals can't produce their own food.
They are known as consumers because they get their energy by consuming, or eating, other organisms.
consumers
eat other organisms to get energy
So, producers, like the grass, get their energy from the Sun.
producer
The energy in the grass flows to the gazelle.
As the gazelle is the first consumer in this food chain, it is called the primary consumer.
primary consumer
The second, or secondary consumer is the cheetah...
secondary consumer
… who sits proudly at the top of this food chain.
food chain
the Sun
producer
consumer
Today this cheetah is hoping to make a meal of this gazelle.
The cheetah gets its energy from eating the meat.
The gazelle and the cheetah are part of a food chain.
Food Chain
A series of organisms that rely on each other for food form a food chain.
The arrow in the diagram shows the flow of energy between the organisms.
food chain
arrows show energy flow
At the bottom of every food chain is a producer, like this grass.
All green plants are producers.
This means they produce their own food using energy from the Sun.
producers
produce their own food
using energy from the Sun
This process called photosynthesis.
photosynthesis
Animals can't produce their own food.
They are known as consumers because they get their energy by consuming, or eating, other organisms.
consumers
eat other organisms to get energy
So, producers, like the grass, get their energy from the Sun.
producer
The energy in the grass flows to the gazelle.
As the gazelle is the first consumer in this food chain, it is called the primary consumer.
primary consumer
The second, or secondary consumer is the cheetah...
secondary consumer
… who sits proudly at the top of this food chain.
food chain
the Sun
producer
consumer
Find out how energy flows up a food chain.
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