The Hungry Valley: Food chains comic video

0:00 LearnFun Comics. The Hungry Valley. Grass gone! Momo must save the food chain or it's game over!

0:07 Grassy Valley. Now bare. Something is wrong.

0:11 Look at the valley! No grass? food gone?

0:14 I removed all the grass! Nobody will notice!

0:17 Without grass, what eats? The animals?

0:20 First: food chains start with plants

0:23 Plants make food first.. Animals eat plants next.. No plants, big trouble.

0:28 Plants make food; animals need it. No plants, no food. Grass is plants. Grass feeds many; none, big trouble.

0:35 Then eat this: herbivores eat grass. Ha!

0:38 Grass is eaten by deer. Deer are eaten by lions.

0:42 Grass to deer. Deer to lions

0:45 Next: each link matters

0:48 Plants are at bottom. Carnivores at top. Every link is needed

0:52 Plants are at bottom. Carnivores at top. Every link is needed.

0:57 Your turn, hero! What eats plants in the food chain? A: Plants. B: Bacteria. C: Fungi. D: Animals

1:09 The answer is Animals. Animals eat plants, not the other way around.

1:13 Ha! No more food for you, Momo!

1:16 Which is at the start of a food chain? A: Herbivores. B: Decomposers. C: Carnivores. D: Plants

1:28 The answer is Plants. Plants are the first to make food in a food chain.

1:32 The final battle What happens if there's no grass? A: Decomposers stop working. B: Plants grow. C: Carnivores get full. D: Herbivores starve

1:46 The answer is Herbivores starve. Without grass, the herbivores that eat it will starve.

1:51 My grass! I planted too much! It's growing back!

1:55 The valley's full of green again! The animals are happy!

1:59 The food chain is saved! But what's that shadow?

2:02 Remember. Plants make food Herbivores eat plants Carnivores eat herbivores

2:07 Could it be... Dr Divide's next scheme?

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