FREE Printable Food Chain Fact Cards

Published:
January 13, 2020

Bonnie Rose Hudson

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Bonnie Rose Hudson

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What are producers and consumers? Does the great horned owl have any predators to fear? Where do copepods live? Kids can have fun learning the answers to all these questions and more with this set of FREE Printable Food Chain Fact Cards.

Free Printable Food Chain Fact Cards text with image examples of cards

Printable Food Chain Fact Cards

The FREE Printable Food Chain Fact Cards unit starts with a list of key definitions that are important for kids to learn.

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Definitions included:

  • ecosystem
  • predator
  • prey
  • consumer
  • producer
  • primary consumer
  • secondary consumer
  • tertiary consumer
  • decomposer

Fact Cards

Next are 16 fact cards, each with a habitat and life cycle. The life cycle is listed and then broken into producers and consumers. Kids will learn about life cycles found in places around the world such as the:

  • African savanna
  • Amazon rain forest
  • Amazon River
  • Arctic
  • Australian bush
  • Australian rain forest
  • Gobi Desert
  • Tundra

Also Learn About:

  • American deserts
  • American grasslands
  • Boreal forests/taiga
  • Coniferous forests
  • Deciduous forests
  • Mangrove swamps
  • Marshes
  • Ponds

Finally, there are 16 black and white fact cards with blanks for the student to fill in the food chain they learned about and break it into producers and consumers. They can also color the cards if they wish.

It’s a fun and low-prep way to help kids learn about food chains in various parts of the world.

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