BrainPOP Jr. | Food Chain

Food Chain Food chain is a system in which energy passes from one organism to another. The energy moves from producers to consumers to decomposers. A food web is several food chains linked together The energy in an ecosystem comes from the sun.

Producer Producers are organisms that make their own food using the energy in sunlight. (Green plants, algae)

Consumer Consumers are organisms who cannot make their own food. (Birds, mammals, etc.) They get their energy from food made by other organisms.

Decomposer Decomposers break down dead and decaying matter into wastes and simpler substances. (Worms, bacteria, fungi). They are recyclers.

Food Chain Producer Sun Consumer - Herbivore Consumer - Carnivore Consumer - Omnivore