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title: "Simple Food Chains"
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# Simple Food Chains

Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify different sources of food

Subject: Science · Area: Ecosystems & Habitats · Ages 6 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/simple-food-chains-mt_EygMHKs8Ed

## Ready when they can

- Draw a simple food chain with at least three organisms using arrows to show energy flow
- Explain that food chains always start with a plant (producer) that makes its own food
- Use the terms 'producer' and 'consumer' correctly when describing a food chain

## Lesson: Simple Food Chains

Every plant and animal needs food to get energy. A food chain shows who eats what, one step at a time. It always starts with a plant, because a plant can make its own food using sunlight. We call a plant like this a producer. Animals cannot make their own food, so they eat plants or other animals instead. We call these animals consumers.

*(drawing: Follow the arrows from leaf to caterpillar to bird. The leaf is the producer. The caterpillar and the bird are both consumers.)*

**Example.** A cow eats grass in a field. The grass is the producer, since it makes its own food from sunlight. The cow is a consumer, because it eats the grass to get its energy.

**Tip.** When you look at a food chain, follow the arrow. It always points toward the animal that is eating, showing where the energy goes next.

**Recap.** A food chain always starts with a producer, a plant, and the arrows show which consumer eats next.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/herbivores-carnivores-and-omnivores-mt_13CtLTcWUB)
- [Habitats & Basic Needs](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/habitats-and-basic-needs-mt_cM8YS6NXqi)
- [Ocean Food Chains](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/ocean-food-chains-mt_l6OpmOKMuT)
- [Minibeasts in the food chain](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/minibeasts-in-the-food-chain-mt_QH-Fs97twT)
- [Iconic Rainforest Animals](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/iconic-rainforest-animals-mt_xVW5U41tbp)

## Opens up

- [Ecology Vocabulary](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/ecology-vocabulary-mt_M7XhBBzYof)
- [Food Chains & Energy Transfer](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/food-chains-and-energy-transfer-mt_oB-L8EVdIP)
- [Changing Environments](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/changing-environments-mt_Wyd-l-6H7G)