Food Chains

A food chain shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

Producers are organisms that make their own food using sunlight, like plants.

Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms to get energy.

Herbivores eat only plants.

Carnivores eat only other animals.

Omnivores eat both plants and animals.

The Sun is the primary source of energy for all life forms.

Decomposers break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.

An example of a producer is a tree.

An example of a herbivore is a rabbit.