Food Chain

The Sun is the primary energy source for life in our planet.

A food chain shows how living things get food. A food chain shows how energy is passed from one living thing to another. It shows how plants, animals and humans rely on each other for food.

The arrows in a food chain shows how energy is transferred from one living thing to another.

Producers - Plants are called producers because they make their own food. They are the start of a food chain. Plants get their energy from the sun.

Consumers - Animals are called consumers because they eat other plants and animals.

grass

grasshopper

bluebird

snake

plant worm turtle eagle

The first food chain shows that the plant is the producer and the worm, turtle and eagle are the consumers.

The second food chain shows that the grass is the producer and the grasshopper, bluebird and snake are the consumers.