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

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

A carnivore is an animal that eats meat or the flesh of animals.

A predator is an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals.

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal is called prey.

Predators and prey 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

A __________ is an animal that only eats meat or the flesh of other animals.

A {{}} is the name for an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals.

Which of these animals do **not** have any predators of their own?

What do we call the end of the food chain furthest away from the producer?

What is the name for an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal?

Which living thing in this food chain is a predator and prey?

Which living thing is the producer in this food chain?

Which living thing could be next in this food chain?

An animal that eats other animals or plants.

Which living things are consumers in this food chain?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

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

Predators and prey in a food chain

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

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