Producers in a food chain
I can identify and name producers in different food chains.
Producers in a food chain
I can identify and name producers in different food chains.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Plants are living things that cannot move around to hunt for food. They must make their own food to survive.
- Plants use water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide to make a sugar that it can use as food.
- A food chain begins with a plant, this is the producer in the food chain.
- Plants are called producers because they make, or produce, their own food.
Keywords
Plant - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, a stem and leaves.
Absorb - To absorb is to be able to soak up or take in.
Photosynthesis - Photosynthesis is the way in which plants make food.
Food chain - A food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food.
Producer - A producer in a food chain makes its own food.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that a plant is at the start of the food chain because it is the smallest organism or because it cannot eat an animal.
This lesson makes reference to the fact that the plant is the producer in a food chain because it makes, or produces, its own food.
Equipment
None for this lesson.
Licence
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