Food Chains Review

A producer is a living thing that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

A consumer is a living thing that cannot make its own food and relies on eating producers or other consumers.

The Sun is the original source of energy for all food chains.

An example of a producer is grass.

An example of a primary consumer is a rabbit.

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

Herbivores eat plants (producers), while carnivores eat other animals (consumers).

A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.

Plants need sunlight to perform photosynthesis, which allows them to make their own food.

Energy decreases as it moves up a food chain, with less energy available for each successive consumer.