Microsoft ® Office PowerPoint
of Slides: 43
for grades: 4 - 12
presentation demonstrates that animals may be grouped according to many
characteristics - diet being one of them.
eat according to the "food chain" which is the order in which
organisms eat other organisms and, in turn, get eaten themselves.
on the food chain are grouped into nutritional levels called "trophic"
will view a food chain producer/consumer pyramid displaying producers,
primary consumers and secondary consumers. Primary producers are
called "autotrophs" followed by herbivores, carnivores and
omnivores. The fourth and final level of the food chain includes
the apex predators.
are introduced to herbivores that are ruminants having multiple stomach
and their dependence upon meat is examined: obligate carnivores,
mesocarnivores, hypercarnivores and hypocarnivores.
students will see that the shape of teeth indicative of the type of food
an animal consumes.
presentation ends with some fun animal diet facts.
terms: herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, food chain, trophic,
producer, consumer, autotroph, apex predator, prey, ruminant, obligate
carnivore, mesocarnivore, hypercarnivore, hypocarnivore, granivore.
Roiser BAA, BEd &
Kevin Chorowiec OCT, BAS, BEd