A food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food.

A producer in a food chain makes its own food.

A consumer in a food chain is an animal which eats other animals or plants.

A herbivore is an animal which eats only plants.

An omnivore is an animal which eats both plants and other animals.

Consumers in a food chain

Science

In this More about food chains unit, pupils learn to identify producers, predator and prey in a food chain. In the Why we group and classify living things unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences

In the Introduction to food chains unit, pupils learnt to use the idea of a simple food chain to identify and name different sources of food. In this More about food chains unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to construct and interpret a variety of food chains

This unit involves constructing and interpreting food chains and identifying producers, predators, and prey. It focuses on asking questions, gathering and presenting data, recording findings with diagrams and charts, and using scientific evidence to answer questions and support findings.

More about food chains

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

How some living things are more important than others.

How living things depend on each other for food.

How long different living things can survive for.

The plant eats the caterpillar and the caterpillar eats the bird.

The plant is food for the caterpillar and the caterpillar is food for the bird.

The bird is food for the caterpillar and the caterpillar is food for the plant.

What does the arrows in this food chain show?

 Animals must hunt or find plants or other animals to eat to survive.

Animals must grow plants to eat to survive.

Which of the statements below are correct?

Animals in a food chain are called {{}} because they eat plants or other animals.

The first consumer (primary consumer) in a food chain can be ...

True or false? Consumers are arranged in a food chain in order of how important they are.

What do we use in a food chain that represents 'is food for'?

Which of these living things would be food for a fox?

Which of these living things would be food for a cat?

A plant is known as a {{}} in a food chain.

Match the type of animal with what food it eats.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Consumers in a food chain

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.