Food chain

M R S . R A N J A N A N A R AYA N A N
Let us remember
Producers
Herbivores
Carnivores
Consumers
Omnivores
Decomposers
 What is Food Chain?
• It shows who is eating what or whom and also tells us about
the flow of energy.
 Types of food chain
In a garden

Caterpillar Frog

Snake

Grass Eagle

Decomposers
Food chain in a pond

Small fish

Big fish

Aquatic plants

Decomposers
Birds
Did you know….
Food chain always starts with plants as they
are the producers.
The arrows show the transfer of energy.
A food chain can have more than 1 consumer.
Many food chains connected with each other
form a food web.
 Exercise
Q1. Find out and draw any one food web that you find in a desert
or polar region.
Food chain game
Given below are some food chains, put them in the correct order
and illustrate.
A. snake/ mouse/ hawk/nuts
B. lizard/plant/mushroom/eagle/grasshopper
C. sheep/fox/grass/tiger/sun