Unit 5: Ecosystems
Worksheet 3: Food Chains
Name: _____________________________

Food in an Ecosystem
In an ecosystem: 
-	Plants make their own food
-	Herbivorous animals eat plants
-	Carnivorous animals eat other animals

A food chain is a group of animals and plants that feed off each other. A food chain starts with a plant. Next, a herbivore eats the plant. Finally, a carnivore eats the herbivore.

EXAMPLE: The rabbit eats grass. The eagle eats the rabbit.

3. Eagle

1. Grass
2. Rabbit

# __ Snake

Number the pictures in the proper food chain order.
Grassland Food Chain:

# __ Grass
# __ Mouse
# __ Snake
# __ Hawk

Ocean Food Chain:

# __ Plant
# __ Cuddlefish
# __ Shark
# __ Shrimp