Sheep Farmer Food Chain

Sheep Farmer

FOOD CHAIN

Everything a farmer does is connected to the they are using to produce food for you and all the people of the world.

food chain

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HUMANS

GRASS

STEP 1:

Drag and drop the pictures to construct the food chain that a Sheep Farmer uses to produce food for us.

ENERGY

SHEEP

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STEP 2:

Label each plant and animal as a or

consumer

producer

Drag the appropriate word below each link in the food chain.

ENERGY

GRASS

SHEEP

HUMANS

producer

producer

producer

consumer

consumer

consumer

See answer

SOLUTION

ENERGY

GRASS

SHEEP

HUMANS

consumer

consumer

producer

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Sheep farmers provide food, water, shelter, and health care year-round for their sheep so that they can produce high quality food for you. Sheep farmers must also protect their sheep from coyotes, bears, and eagles that will kill and eat the sheep. These animals are part of the sheep farmer

food web

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STEP 3:

1. Drag and drop these plants and animals to complete the sheep farmer food web.

EAGLE

BEAR

COYOTE

SHEEP

HUMANS

GRASS

ENERGY

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EAGLE

BEAR

STEP 4:

Label each animal in this food web as or . (Remember people are part of the animal kingdom too!)

prey

predator

ENERGY

Drag and drop the PREDATOR and PREY labels on to the correct animals!

SHEEP

HUMANS

GRASS

predator

predator

predator

predator

predator

predator

prey

prey

prey

prey

prey

COYOTE

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SOLUTION:

EAGLE

BEAR

predator

predator

ENERGY

SHEEP

HUMANS

GRASS

predator

prey

COYOTE

predator

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Sheep poop in the fields during the summer and in the barnyard during the winter. Sheep farmers spread the poop called that builds up in the barnyard during the winter back onto the fields. Manure contains many valuable , so it makes a great plant fertilizer.

manure

plant nutrients

Dung beetles eat the manure. This breaks down the manure and helps to return the nutrients to the soil. Plants then use those nutrients along with water, carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to make their own food. Dung beetles are a very important part of the sheep farmer’s food web.

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STEP 5:

EAGLE

BEAR

Label each animal on your Sheep Farmer’s Food Web as an or by dragging and dropping the correct term on top of each animal picture.

herbivore,

scavenger

carnivore,

omnivore,

ENERGY

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

HUMANS

SHEEP

GRASS

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

MANURE

scavenger

scavenger

scavenger

scavenger

COYOTE

DUNG BEETLE

SEE SOLUTION >

SOLUTION:

EAGLE

BEAR

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omnivore

carnivore

ENERGY

SHEEP

HUMANS

GRASS

herbivore

omnivore

MANURE

COYOTE

DUNG BEETLE

scavenger

carnivore

EAGLE

BEAR

omnivore

carnivore

Use the Sheep Farmer food web to answer these questions.

ENERGY

SHEEP

HUMANS

GRASS

herbivore

omnivore

MANURE

START QUIZ

COYOTE

DUNG BEETLE

scavenger

1. Animals are consumers. They get their energy from the plant and animal foods they eat. Plants are producers. Where do producers get the energy they need?

AIR

soil

sun

water

Correct!

You got it!

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SEE FOOD WEB

2. A food web is made up of many interconnected food chains. Look at the food web to identify who is missing from this food chain.

GRASS

COYOTE

DUNG BEETLE

EAGLE

HUMAN

SHEEP

Correct!

You got it!

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SEE FOOD WEB

3. Which of these is a producer?

DUNG BEETLE

SHEEP

GRASS

ALL THE ABOVE

Correct!

You got it!

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SEE FOOD WEB

4. Which of these animals is NOT a predator?

bear

SHEEP

eagle

coyote

Correct!

You got it!

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SEE FOOD WEB

5. Why is manure useful?

a. Manure provides food for dung beetles.

b. Manure contains many plant nutrients.

c. Manure is used a fertilizer for plants.

d. All the above

Correct!

You got it!

NEXT QUESTION

Drag and drop each animal under the word that describes what it eats.

omnivore

herbivore

carnivore

scavenger

omnivore

herbivore

carnivore

scavenger

omnivore

herbivore

carnivore

scavenger

omnivore

herbivore

carnivore

scavenger

EAGLE

BEAR

DUNG BEETLE

COYOTE

SHEEP

HUMANS

SOLUTION

SOLUTION:

omnivore

herbivore

carnivore

scavenger

omnivore

carnivore

herbivore

scavenger

omnivore

herbivore

carnivore

scavenger

omnivore

herbivore

carnivore

scavenger

BEAR

EAGLE

DUNG BEETLE

SHEEP

COYOTE

HUMANS

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