Food chain

The source of all food is the activity of autotrophs, mainly products of photosynthesis by plants.

• They are called producers because only they can manufacture food from inorganic raw materials.
• This food feeds herbivores, called primary consumers.
• Carnivores that feed on herbivores are called secondary consumers.
• Carnivores that feed on other carnivores are tertiary (or higher) consumers. Find below food chain pictures which give us the exact picture of how food chain works.

Such a path of food consumption is called a food chain.Each level of consumption in a food chain is called a trophic level. I hope this post was very useful for kids learning about food chain.Please send in your comments and suggestions to improve.