Producers, Predators & Prey

Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 7.3.2

Producers

Producers come at the start of the food chain.

Green plants

Green plants

  • Green plants can be found at the start of food chains.
  • Green plants are producers.
Producers

Producers

  • Green plants use the Sun’s energy to make sugars.
  • Green plants are called producers because they are at the start of the food chain.

Predators and Prey

Some animals eat other animals.

Predators

Predators

  • Animals that eat other animals are known as predators.
Prey

Prey

  • Animals that are eaten by other animals are known as prey.

Test yourself on Producers, Predators & Prey

  • What is the word used for living things at the start of all food chains?

  • What do we call animals that are eaten by other animals?

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