π Food chains
A food chain shows who is food for whom. It starts with the Sun, which gives plants the energy to grow. Plants are food for plant-eaters, and plant-eaters are food for meat-eaters. Tap what comes next.
On the savanna
In the ocean
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βοΈ The Sunπ’ Tiny ocean plantsπ¦ Krillπ Sockeye salmonπ Orca
The biggest eater of the smallest food
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βοΈ The Sunπ’ Tiny ocean plantsπ¦ Krillπ³ Blue whale
In the snow and ice
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βοΈ The Sunπ± Grasses and sedgesπΉ Lemmingπ¦ Arctic fox
In the forest
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βοΈ The SunπΏ Leaves and twigsπ¦ White-tailed deerπΊ Gray wolf
At the pond
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βοΈ The Sunπͺ· Water plantsπ¦ InsectsπΈ American bullfrogπ American alligator
In the backyard
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βοΈ The Sunπ» Garden plantsπ Aphidsπ Ladybug
For grown-ups
Every link to an animal is checked against that animalβs page: what it eats names the food, and the wrong boxes are animals that donβt eat it. A real food web has many more links; each chain here is one true path through it. Goes with NGSS 5-LS2-1, and the food chains mini-lesson.