Food chains and food webs show how energy passes from one organism to another as they eat each other. A food chain tracks the flow of energy starting with a plant that gets its energy from the sun, then to an animal that eats the plant, then another animal that eats the first animal. A food web is more complex, showing that organisms can be part of multiple food chains as some animals eat different plants and other animals.

1. Food chains and
food webs

2. •All living things get energy from
food.
•They need the food to live and
grow.

3. •The energy passes from
one organism to another.

4. •A food chain shows the flow of energy
from one organism to another.

5. •The plant gets its energy from the
sunlight to make food.
•The rabbit takes its energy by eating the
plant.
•The eagle gets its energy by eating the
rabbit.

6. Food chain rules:
1.It should always start with a
Producer.( Plant)
2.The direction shows the flow of
energy.
3.Energy flows from the organism
that is being eaten .

7. •What if an animal eats
more than one thing?

8. •A food web is made up of
many food chains connected
together.