Sheep Farmer Food Chain

FOOD CHAIN

Sheep Farmer

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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.

HUMANS

SHEEP

GRASS

ENERGY

STEP 1:

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

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HUMANS

SHEEP

GRASS

ENERGY

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

consumer

producer

Label each plant and animal as a or

consumer

producer

consumer

producer

consumer

producer

STEP 2:

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HUMANS

SHEEP

GRASS

ENERGY

consumer

consumer

producer

SOLUTION

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food web

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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

HUMANS

SHEEP

GRASS

ENERGY

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

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

STEP 3:

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HUMANS

SHEEP

GRASS

ENERGY

prey

prey

prey

prey

prey

predator

predator

predator

predator

predator

predator

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

prey

predator

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

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

STEP 4:

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HUMANS

SHEEP

GRASS

prey

ENERGY

predator

predator

predator

predator

SOLUTION:

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

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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.

manure

plant nutrients

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.

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Why Isn't the world covered in poop?

"TED-Ed Why isn't the world covered in poop?" - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning

HUMANS

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

scavenger

SHEEP

scavenger

scavenger

scavenger

scavenger

omnivore,

carnivore,

herbivore,

GRASS

DUNG BEETLE

ENERGY

MANURE

STEP 5:

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.

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

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HUMANS

herbivore

carnivore

carnivore

SHEEP

scavenger

GRASS

DUNG BEETLE

ENERGY

MANURE

SOLUTION:

omnivore

omnivore

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

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HUMANS

herbivore

carnivore

SHEEP

scavenger

GRASS

DUNG BEETLE

MANURE

ENERGY

omnivore

omnivore

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

Use the Sheep Farmer food web to answer these questions.

water

soil

sun

AIR

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?

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HUMAN

EAGLE

SHEEP

GRASS

COYOTE

DUNG BEETLE

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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.

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GRASS

SHEEP

ALL THE ABOVE

DUNG BEETLE

SEE FOOD WEB

3. Which of these is a producer?

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SHEEP

eagle

coyote

bear

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4. Which of these animals is NOT a predator?

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d. All the above

c. Manure is used a fertilizer for plants.

b. Manure contains many plant nutrients.

a. Manure provides food for dung beetles.

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5. Why is manure useful?

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SOLUTION

HUMANS

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

scavenger

scavenger

scavenger

SHEEP

scavenger

DUNG BEETLE

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

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

HUMANS

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

herbivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

carnivore

scavenger

scavenger

SHEEP

scavenger

scavenger

DUNG BEETLE

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

omnivore

BEAR

EAGLE

COYOTE

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SOLUTION:

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