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Native Bird Food Chains
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice
1. Which term describes a plant in a food chain?
Producer
Consumer
Predator
2. In the chain Kōwhai → Caterpillar → Tui → Stoat, which is the primary consumer?
Kōwhai
Caterpillar
Tui
3. Which of these is an introduced predator that commonly eats eggs and chicks of native birds?
Stoat
Morepork (Ruru)
Kererū
4. Check all that are consumers in a forest food chain:
Tui
Kōwhai
Weta
Possum (introduced)
✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Activity
5. In one sentence, define a food chain:
6. Label each organism in this chain as Producer, Primary consumer, Secondary consumer, or Tertiary consumer:
Manuka → Weta → Morepork (Ruru) → Stoat
7. Explain briefly: What might happen to the morepork population if stoat numbers increase in a forest?
8. Draw a simple food chain (use the box) that includes a native bird acting as a predator. Label the producer and the prey. Then write one sentence about how an introduced predator could affect your chain.
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