What are Food Chains?
Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 7.3.1
Food Chains
Food chains show how energy is eaten and passed through different living things.
Starting point - the Sun
- Almost all food chains start with energy from the Sun.
Location of food chains
- Food chains can be found anywhere:
- On land.
- In the air.
- In the sea.
Example food chain
- This is what a food chain might look like.
Example food chain 2
- The grasshopper eats the grass.
- The mouse eats the grasshopper.
- The owl eats the mouse.
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