This week we learned about food chains. A food chain shows how energy moves from one living thing to another. All the energy starts with the sun.
Plants catch sunlight and make food. Herbivores eat the plants. Carnivores eat other animals. The arrows in a food chain mean "gives energy to."
You built food chain models with paper cards. You found eating clues outside. Now you are a food chain expert. Let's see what you remember!
1. What does a food chain show?
2. Where does all the energy start?
3. What eats plants: a herbivore or a carnivore?
4. Say this chain in words: grass → rabbit → fox.
Write an example for each word.
Write the missing living thing in each blank box.
These food chains are all mixed up! Write each one in the correct order.
| Mixed Up | Correct Order (use arrows!) |
|---|---|
| owl, seed, mouse | |
| lion, grass, zebra | |
| frog, fly, snake, plant |
| Statement | T | F |
|---|---|---|
| Energy in a food chain flows from the sun to plants to animals. | T | F |
| A food chain can start with a fox. | T | F |
| Herbivores eat only plants. | T | F |
| The arrow points to who gets the energy. | T | F |
| A mouse eating a seed is part of a food chain. | T | F |
| Carnivores eat only plants. | T | F |
Think about the plants and animals near your home. Draw a real food chain from YOUR neighborhood. Use at least 3 links plus the sun. Add arrows and labels.
Write your food chain in words:
Why do plants and animals need the sun? Explain using what you learned this week.
Check the box when you can do each thing.
I can tell what a food chain is.
I know energy starts with the sun.
I can put a food chain in the right order.
I built my own food chain model.