Don't Break the Food Chain, No, No, No

Name:______

" Food Chain "

Instructions:

Using the words in the word bank, fill in the correct word for each of the blank spaces below.

Don't break the food chain, no, no, no...

Don't pollute in the food chain, no, no, no...

It's the food chain connecting living things you know

Helping plants, animals and people to grow... so

Don't break the food chain by polluting in the food chain.

Every living thing is part of the food chain and there are ______main categories... let's go!

The Sun provides the ______for these to grow

They make their own food in case you didn't know

Growing in the ground making ______and fruits

Animals and people eat them, even their roots

I know what it is let me tell you, sir... It's a PRODUCER.

They ______on producers for their food

Eating healthy plants and other animals dude

You are ______of these and so is your dad

So go eat an apple before it goes bad

I know what it is let me tell you, sir... It's a CONSUMER.

Dead animals and plants ______in the ground

From microscopic organisms breaking them down

The nutrients from this ______matter

Is good for the soil making new plants happier

I know what it is let me tell you, sir... a DECOMPOSER.

Don't break the food chain, no, no, no...

Don't pollute in the food chain, no, no, no...

It's the food chain ______living things you know

Helping plants, animals and people to grow... so

Don't break the food chain by polluting in the food chain.

Now, let's talk about the three different types of consumers.

What do you call consumers like a rabbit, a grasshopper or a deer that only eat ______and no meat at all...

I know what it is you don't need to tell me more... It's an HERBIVORE.

What do you call consumers like a lion, wolf or a ______that only eat animals, nothing that grows on trees...

I know what it is you don't need to tell me more. It's a CARNIVORE.

And what do you call consumers like bears, pigs and ______people that eat plants and animals...

I know what it is you don't need to tell me more. It's an OMNIVORE.

Don't break the food chain, no, no, no...

Don't pollute in the food chain, no, no, no...

It's the food chain connecting living things you know

Helping plants, animals and people to grow... so

Don't break the food chain by polluting in the food chain.

A plant is ______by a bug and that bug is eaten by a monkey

Just like when a rat is eaten by a snake and then that snake is eaten by an eagle

Or when grass is eaten by a cow and then the cow is eaten by a guy named Bob

(Uh, I'd stay away from that guy named Bob. I think he tried to eat the monkey too!)