🌿 Part 1: Food Chain Matching

WALT: We are learning to understand how living things are connected through food chains.

1. Match each New Zealand animal to what it eats. Draw a line to connect them.

Tui

Kererū

Wētā

Earthworm

Dead leaves

Pōhutukawa nectar

Berries and fruit

Plant leaves

2. What does the arrow (→) mean in a food chain?

Goes fast

Energy flows to

Lives near

3. Put these in the correct food chain order. Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

Tui (bird)

Pōhutukawa tree

Wētā (insect)

🐦 Part 2: Food Chain Knowledge

4. Complete the sentence:

Energy flows from the ____________ to the ____________ in a food chain.

5. Circle the producer in this list:

Kererū

Kauri tree

Wētā

6. Why are living things in an ecosystem connected?

7. What might happen if all the earthworms disappeared from a forest?

✏️ Part 3: Create Your Own Food Chain

8. Draw your own New Zealand food chain using 3 living things. Use arrows to show energy flow.

9. Label your food chain:

Producer: _____________________

Primary Consumer: _____________________

Secondary Consumer: _____________________

10. Extension Challenge: Name one way your food chain connects to other living things in the ecosystem.

NZ Food Chain Fun

NZ Food Chain Fun

🌿 Part 1: Food Chain Matching

🐦 Part 2: Food Chain Knowledge

✏️ Part 3: Create Your Own Food Chain

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