The food chain begins with the sun.

Every living thing needs energy to live. Producers are plants that make their own food. Producers get their energy from the sun. Grass is a producer.

Next in the food chain are grasshoppers. Grasshoppers get their energy by eating grass, which makes them consumers. Consumers eat living things for food and energy. Grasshoppers are also prey because animals eat them.

Frogs eat grasshoppers for energy, which makes them consumers. Frogs are predators because they eat other animals for their food. They are also prey because they will be eaten.