Food Chains & Food Webs

Herbivores are organisms that eat plants.

A Food Chain always begins with Producers.

A food chain shows the energy flow through an ecosystem.

An example of a possible Food Chain is: grass → fly → frog.

The arrows show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

Primary consumers are organisms that eat producers (plants).

A carnivore is an organism that eats other animals.

An omnivore is an organism that eats both plants and animals.

A producer is an organism that can make its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

A food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.