Animals – Food Chains
Food chains show how energy from the sun is used by animals in a chain from plants through to animals and even humans.
All food chains start with a producer which is always a green plant that converts the suns energy into food.
Animals then eat the producer and are called consumers.
Sometimes animals eat other animals. These are called predators.
In the example in the picture above:
Grass is the producer which is first eaten by grasshoppers which are a consumer. The grasshoppers are eaten by frogs which are also consumers and predators. Frogs are eaten by snakes and finally at the top of the food chain is the Eagle which eats the snake.
LISTEN TO THE SONG AND READ THE LYRICS TO THE SONG
WATCH THE FOOD CHAIN VIDEO
Click to above play.
Click above for fun facts and examples of invertebrate animals.
(On the left there are the different groups in "ANIMAL PROFILES")
CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE AND PLAY THE GAME ABOUT FOOD CHAINS.
IF YOU NEED HELP, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Click on the image above and find out about Ocean Food Chains
