Science•Living Things and Their Habitats
Food Chains
Understand how energy flows through ecosystems
12 minIncludes video
Learning Objective
Describe how food chains show the transfer of energy
Parts of a Food Chain
- Producer: Makes its own food (plants)
- Consumer: Eats other organisms
- Predator: Hunts and eats other animals
- Prey: Animals that get eaten
Example Food Chain
Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake → Hawk
The arrow means "is eaten by"
Nigerian Savanna Food Chain
Grass → Antelope → Lion
Video: Khan Academy (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)