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Food Webs. In the wild, animals may eat more than one thing, so they belong to more than one food chain. To get the food they need, small herbivores may eat lots of different plants, and carnivores may eat many different animals. Food Webs.
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Food Webs • In the wild, animals may eat more than one thing, so they belong to more than one food chain. • To get the food they need, small herbivores may eat lots of different plants, and carnivores may eat many different animals.
Food Webs FOOD WEBS show how plants and animals are connected in many ways to help them all survive. FOOD CHAINS follow just one path of energy as animals find food. fox owl rabbits mice grass seeds berries
Breaking the Chain • Organisms living in a habitat depend on each other. • If one part of a food chain dies out or is greatly reduced, the consumers have to find alternative food, move away, or starve. • This then affects more consumers in the same way.
Activity Create a food web using the materials and directions provided.