Roles within food chains
I can create food chains and talk about different roles played by plants and animals.
Roles within food chains
I can create food chains and talk about different roles played by plants and animals.
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Key learning points
- A food chain is used to show the order in which living things depend on each other for food.
- Each plant and animal has an important part, or role, to play in a food chain.
- Observations, books, the internet and experts provide information about what animals eat.
Keywords
Animals - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.
Plants - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Food chain - Animals eat plants or other animals. The way this happens is shown in a food chain.
Role - The part played by a person or thing in a particular situation.
Research - To research something is to find out about it, or investigate it carefully.
Common misconception
Food chains put living things in order of importance.
Explanation of interdependence of each living thing within a food chain.
Equipment
Access to appropriate secondary sources such as books, the internet, and experts to ask.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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