Food Chains and Energy – Easy Science for Kids
Understand food chains and energy with clear examples to help students prepare for science quizzes and classroom lessons.
What is a food chain?
A food chain shows how energy moves from one living thing to another.
Start of all energy:
☀️ The Sun gives energy to plants.
Producers:
🌱 Plants make their own food.
Consumers:
🐰 Herbivores – eat plants
🦁 Carnivores – eat animals
🐻 Omnivores – eat both
Predator & Prey:
A predator hunts.
The prey is hunted.
Decomposers:
🍄 Mushrooms and bacteria break down dead things.
Example food chain:
Sun → Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake → Eagle
Why important?
Food chains keep nature balanced.
