The Hungry Valley: Food chains comic

LearnFun Comics#11
Dr Divide

The Hungry Valley

Grass gone! Momo must save the food chain or it's game over!

Starring Momo
Food chains ยท Class 5 and up

Grassy Valley. Now bare. Something is wrong.

Momo: Look at the valley! No grass? food gone?

Dr Divide

Dr Divide: I removed all the grass! Nobody will notice!

Momo: Without grass, what eats? The animals?

First: food chains start with plants

Plants make food first.

Animals eat plants next.

No plants, big trouble.

Momo: Plants make food; animals need it. No plants, no food. Grass is plants. Grass feeds many; none, big trouble.

Dr Divide

Dr Divide: Then eat this: herbivores eat grass. Ha!

Momo: Grass is eaten by deer. Deer are eaten by lions.

Grass to deer

Deer to lions

Next: each link matters

Plants are at bottom

Carnivores at top

Every link is needed

Momo: Plants are at bottom. Carnivores at top. Every link is needed.

Your turn, hero!

Dr Divide
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What eats plants in the food chain?

Animals. Animals eat plants, not the other way around.

Dr Divide

Dr Divide: Ha! No more food for you, Momo!

Which is at the start of a food chain?

Plants. Plants are the first to make food in a food chain.

The final battle

Dr Divide
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What happens if there's no grass?

Herbivores starve. Without grass, the herbivores that eat it will starve.

Dr Divide

Dr Divide: My grass! I planted too much! It's growing back!

Momo: The valley's full of green again! The animals are happy!

The food chain is saved! But what's that shadow?

A comic book about food chains. Follow Momo, learn the idea, and answer three questions to beat Dr Divide.

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