Fifth Grade
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Food Energy Pyramid
All living things depend on other living things. Plants make their own food. Almost all animals depend on plants for food energy. A food chain or web shows how each type of animal gets its food.
Sometimes food energy is shown as a drawing of a pyramid. The bottom of the pyramid is made up of the producers. Producers or plants produce their own food. Green plants use energy from the sun, along with carbon dioxide and water, to make their own food. This process of photosynthesis makes a form of sugar that plants can use to live and grow. Plants are the producers that make up the base of almost all food chains on Earth.
Animals are consumers. They consume, or eat, producers. In the energy pyramid, the second layer is made up of herbivores. Herbivore means "plant eater." Herbivores eat only plants.
