An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.

A living thing's basic needs are what they need to be able to survive.

A plant is a living thing that often has a stem, roots, and leaves.

A food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food.

Simple food chains

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Producers in a food chain

Consumers in a food chain

Predators and prey in a food chain

Creating food chains

Comparing different food chains

Presenting food chains

Changes in food chains (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Dangers to food chains (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Protecting food chains (Climate Change & Sustainability)

In this More about food chains unit, pupils learn to identify producers, predator and prey in a food chain. In the Why we group and classify living things unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences

In the Introduction to food chains unit, pupils learnt to use the idea of a simple food chain to identify and name different sources of food. In this More about food chains unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to construct and interpret a variety of food chains

This unit involves constructing and interpreting food chains and identifying producers, predators, and prey. It focuses on asking questions, gathering and presenting data, recording findings with diagrams and charts, and using scientific evidence to answer questions and support findings.

More about food chains

A plant is a living thing with leaves that it uses to make its own food. Grass and trees are plants.

To absorb is to be able to soak up or take in.

Photosynthesis is the way in which plants make food.

A producer in a food chain makes its own food.

A consumer in a food chain is an animal which eats other animals or plants.

A herbivore is an animal which eats only plants.

An omnivore is an animal which eats both plants and other animals.

A carnivore is an animal that eats meat or the flesh of animals.

A predator is an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals.

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal is called prey.

A  predator is an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals.

Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.

We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.

Food chains show how living things depend on each other for food.

Predators are animals that hunt, kill and eat other animals.

Consumers in a food chain are animals that eat other animals or plants.

To present information is to show or share it with others.

The population is the total number of something living in a particular area in a particular period of time.

The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.

Animals or plants that have died out completely are extinct.

An endangered plant or animal is one that is at risk of becoming extinct.

Danger is the possibility of death or harm to something.

The impact of something is the effect it has.

A threat is the possibility that something unwanted or dangerous will happen.

To protect something is to keep it safe from harm.

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