Food chains
Grade 3 Science Worksheet
A food chain shows how energy moves from the sun through living things.
Example: Sun → grass → rabbit → fox
Grass gets its energy from the sun. The rabbit gets its energy from
the grass. The fox gets its energy from the rabbit.
Fill in the missing organism in each food chain.
flower owl penguin seaweed sun
Sun → _________ → butterfly → bird → snake
Sun → algae → krill → ____________ → orca
Sun → wheat → mouse → _________
_________ → acorn → squirrel → coyote
Sun → ____________ → fish → seal → shark
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Answers
Fill in the missing organism in each food chain.
flower owl penguin seaweed sun
Sun → flower
_________ → butterfly → bird → snake
Sun → algae → krill → penguin
____________ → orca
Sun → wheat → mouse → owl
_________
sun
_________ → acorn → squirrel → coyote
Sun → seaweed
____________ → fish → seal → shark
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