S3-U4L3 - What is a food chain?

[FOOD CHAYN] - A way to show the path of food from one living thing to another. A food chain begins with producers.

[pruh•DOOS•er] - A living thing that makes its own food. A plant is a producer.

[kuhn•SOOM•er] - A living thing that eats other living things

[dee•cuhm•POHZ•er] - living things that get energy by breaking down wastes and dead plant and animal matter

A sunflower, daisy, and cactus are all examples of producers.

A rabbit is an example of a consumer because it eats plants.

Producers provide food for consumers.

You can find decomposers eating dead animals, dead plants, or old food.

Seeds and leaves come from a producer, so the animal is either an herbivore or an omnivore.