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Meadow food web
Age 13 · Animals
In an ecosystem, plants use sunlight to make food. Plant-eaters eat plants, and predators eat other animals, so energy moves through linked food chains.
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- Grass: a plant that captures sunlight to make food
- Rabbit: a plant-eater that feeds on grass
- Grasshopper: a plant-eater that feeds on grass and seeds
- Thrush: a bird that eats plant-eaters such as grasshoppers
- Fox: a predator that eats animals such as rabbits
Examples
- A garden where aphids feed on roses, ladybirds eat aphids, and birds eat ladybirds.
- A pond where algae are eaten by tadpoles, tadpoles by fish, and fish by herons.
Key takeaways
- Energy passes from plants to plant-eaters to predators.
- Removing one link in a food web can affect many other living things.
Quiz: Meadow food web (Age 13)
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According to the card, in what order does energy pass through a food web?
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Which animal listed on the card is a plant-eater?
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What does the card say can happen when one link in a food web is removed?
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