Part 1: Learn About the Food Chain

Word bank: sunlight, producer, consumer, energy, harakeke, pūriri tree, caterpillar, wētā, tūī, kārearea

Food-chain diagram:

Sunlight → harakeke (flax) and pūriri tree → caterpillar or wētā → tūī → kārearea (New Zealand falcon)

Part 2: Complete and Think About the Chain

Sunlight     Harakeke and pūriri tree     Caterpillar or wētā     Tūī     Kārearea

Answer Key

1. producer

2. consumer

3. energy

4. Harakeke and pūriri tree

5. Sunlight → harakeke and pūriri tree → caterpillar or wētā → tūī → kārearea

6. The tūī eats caterpillars or wētā.

7. Living things need energy to grow, move, stay alive and carry out life processes.

8. There would be less food and shelter. The numbers of caterpillars and wētā could decrease, followed by fewer tūī and kārearea.