2nd Grade Habitats and Food worksheets

About this worksheet

Food is one reason a habitat can support a living thing. Second graders may know where an animal lives but not explain what that place provides. They may also see a food chain as a list of animals instead of a flow of food from plants or other producers to consumers. This worksheet connects habitats to food sources using familiar ponds, meadows, forests, gardens, streams, shores, and deserts. Every food chain a question mentions is shown in the picture, so children read the chain instead of guessing.

Students identify the producer, match a consumer to its food, order a simple food chain, and predict what could happen if a food source disappears. Support versions use very direct plant-and-animal pairs. Challenge versions use longer chains and ask what happens to the next animal. Encourage your child to name what eats what and where that food is found.

What your child will learn

• Connect habitats with available food
• Identify producers and consumers
• Read and order simple food chains
• Predict how food changes affect animals

NGSS standard: 2-LS4-1