Food Chains

A food chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

A habitat is a specific environment where an organism lives, providing the necessary resources for survival.

Producers, such as plants, convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis and form the base of the food chain.

A consumer is an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

Herbivores (plant eaters), carnivores (meat eaters), and omnivores (both plant and meat eaters).

An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals.

A carnivore is an animal that primarily eats other animals.

A herbivore is an animal that primarily eats plants.

Decomposers break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil and completing the nutrient cycle.

Energy flows from producers to consumers and then to decomposers, with each level representing a transfer of energy.