Food Chain Introduction

• Science
• 6th Grade
• 6-8 Grade

Introducing the Food Chain With 

Ms.B!

Lesson Objectives

I can organize a food chain from

 start to finish. 

Vocabulary 

• Food Chain = who eats  what in a particular (specific) order
• Producer = a living thing that makes (produces) its own food 
• Consumer = a living thing that eats different living things 
• Decomposer = a living thing that breaks down dead things 

Food Chain

Producer

Consumer

Decomposer 

Food Chain Breakdown 

What is it called when living things are lined up in a specific order based on what they eat?

1. 
2. 

Which picture is of a living thing that produces (makes) its own food?

1. 
2. 
3. 

Can humans be in a food chain?

1. YES
2. NO

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