1. Food Chains

2. Key vocabulary
consumer producer predator omnivore herbivore carnivore prey

3. Producers are plants. They use the sun, water and carbon dioxide to make their own food.
Consumers are animals. They eat food.

4. Herbivores feed on the plants and in turn, are eaten by
carnivores which eat animals.
Omnivores eat both plants and animals.

5. Every food chain begins with a producer.
Is eaten by
The arrows show the direction of the energy flow or
‘is eaten by’.

6. Plants convert the sun’s energy into food.
Marine food chain
Algae Limpet crab
Is eaten by
Is eaten by
Is eaten by
otter
Plants convert the sun’s energy into food.

7. Use the marine picture cards and create your own food chains
Use the marine picture cards and create your own food chains. Remember each food chain must begin with a producer.
Draw your food chains
Label them with consumer, producer, predator, prey.