Information for Virginia SOL 3.5 about Terrestrial and Aquatic food chains

1. Terrestrial and Aquatic
Food Chains
Objectives:
•Diagram a sequence of a terrestrial food
chain including four organisms, some that are
predators and some that are prey
•Diagram a sequence of an aquatic food chain
including four organisms, some that are
predators and some that are prey

2. Types of Food Chains
A food chain shows a relationship
among plants and animals.
• Terrestrial Food Chains: Organisms
found on land habitats, such as
deserts, grasslands, and forests.
(Pictures taken from commons.wikimedia.org, flickr.com, and commons.wikimedia.org)

3. Types of Food Chains
• Aquatic Food Chains show organisms
found in water habitats, such as
ponds, marshes, swamps, rivers, and
oceans. (Pictures taken from commons.wikimedia.org and
flickr.com)

4. Predators and Prey
• Food chains usually start with a plant.
• Plants are eaten by animals.
• That animal becomes prey for another animal
that is its predator.
• Other animals then eat that animal, and the
food chain continues.

5. Examples of Land Animals
• Some examples of land animals are:
Insects, frogs, snakes, lizards, birds, owls, squir
rels, rabbits, raccoons, deer, wolves, foxes, and
bears.

6. Examples of Aquatic Animals
• Some examples of aquatic organisms found in
the ocean are:
Sea plants, plankton, shrimp, jellyfish, sea
stars, tuna, marlin, dolphin, and sharks

7. Your Turn!
• Create diagrams of a terrestrial and an aquatic
food chain that includes at least four
organisms starting with a plant.
• See your teacher if you need any help.
• Don’t forget to label your plants and animals.
• Click on the website link below and select
“Creating a possible food web” to get started:
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm