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Let's solve the food chain worksheet step by step and explain each answer.

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Food Chain Diagrams:

There are three food chains shown:

a)
Flowers → Caterpillar → Frog → Snake

b)
Grass → Worm → Mouse → Owl

c)
Tree → Deer → Lion

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Now, let’s answer the questions one by one.

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1. Name the producer in each food chain:

A producer is an organism that makes its own food (usually through photosynthesis). It is typically a plant.

- a) Flowers → The flowers are plants that make their own food.
✔ Answer: Flowers

- b) Grass → Grass is a plant that produces its own food.
✔ Answer: Grass

- c) Tree → Trees are producers as they use sunlight to make food.
✔ Answer: Tree

> ✔️ Answers:
> a) Flowers
> b) Grass
> c) Tree

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2. Name the first consumer in each food chain:

The first consumer (also called primary consumer) eats the producer. These are usually herbivores.

- a) Caterpillar eats flowers → so it's the first consumer.
✔ Answer: Caterpillar

- b) Worm eats grass → worm is the first consumer.
✔ Answer: Worm

- c) Deer eats tree (leaves) → so it's the first consumer.
✔ Answer: Deer

> ✔️ Answers:
> a) Caterpillar
> b) Worm
> c) Deer

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3. What animal eats the frog?

Look at food chain a):
Flowers → Caterpillar → Frog → Snake

So, the snake eats the frog.

✔ Answer: Snake

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4. The deer is prey for the lion. Is this true or false?

In food chain c):
Tree → Deer → Lion

- The deer is eaten by the lion → so the deer is prey.
- The lion is the predator.

✔ Answer: True

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5. What animal eats the caterpillar?

In food chain a):
Caterpillar → Frog

So, the frog eats the caterpillar.

✔ Answer: Frog

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6. What animal does the owl eat?

In food chain b):
Mouse → Owl

So, the owl eats the mouse.

✔ Answer: Mouse

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✔ Final Answers:

1. Producers:
a) Flowers
b) Grass
c) Tree

2. First consumers:
a) Caterpillar
b) Worm
c) Deer

3. What eats the frog? → Snake

4. Is the deer prey for the lion? → True

5. What eats the caterpillar? → Frog

6. What does the owl eat? → Mouse

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This worksheet helps students understand:
- Producers (plants)
- Consumers (animals that eat other organisms)
- Predator-prey relationships
- How energy flows through a food chain

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