Difference between revisions of "Food Chain"

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A diagram used to show which creatures eat which other creatures in a habitat.

Singular Noun: Food Chain

Plural Noun: Food Chains

Food chains always start with a plant.

Food chains use arrows to show which animals are eaten by which other animals. The arrow points from the food to the animal that eats it.

You do not need to draw your own creatures in a food chain, you can just write their names.


In this food chain the leaf is eaten by the caterpillar. The caterpillar is eaten by the chameleon.

In this food chain The grass is eaten by the grasshopper and the grasshopper is eaten by the snake.

Apple → Fly → Frog → Hawk

Seaweed → Turtle → Shark

Bush → Mountain Goat → Snow Leopard

Leaf → Termite → Vole → Fox → Eagle

A food chain is a diagram used to show which creatures rely on each other for food in a habitat

A food chain always begins with a producer which is a creature that makes its own food, like plant.

The producer in a food chain is always eaten by a consumer.

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 : Bush → Mountain Goat → Snow Leopard
 : Leaf → Termite → Vole → Fox → Eagle
+==Key Stage 2==
+===Meaning===
+A '''food chain''' is a diagram used to show which creatures rely on each other for food in a [[habitat]]
+===About Food Chains===
+: A '''food chain''' always begins with a [[producer]] which is a creature that makes its own food, like [[plant]].
+: The [[producer]] in a '''food chain''' is always eaten by a [[consumer]].