Ocean Food Web Worksheets

If you have a child who is an ocean lover, you don’t miss these ocean food web worksheets. They show you what animals eat from algae up to dolphins.

And for more learning fun, check out this list of Ocean Worksheets for kids!

Food chains simplify things too much and just show a successive chain of animals that eat each other. Food webs are more realistic because one animal eats more than one type of food but there are a simple version and a more complex one for older kids to match the level they’re working at.

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What is the food web in the ocean?

The food web not only shows what animal eats but shows how energy is transferred from one animal to another.

Producers can make their own food from photosynthesis, things like algae and plankton. They are called autotrophic.

Consumers eat other animals to get their energy because they cannot make their own food and are known as heterotrophic.

In the food web, the arrow points from the animal that is being eaten to the animal that is eating.

So if we had algae and a shrimp, the arrow would flow from the algae towards the shrimp.

The food web has different trophic levels. I like the image found here on to show the trophic level pyramid.

The producers are found in great abundance, particularly in the ocean there are a lot of algae and plants for consumers to eat.

Producers are consumed by herbivorous consumers, and then they are consumed on 1st level carnivorous consumers. Then there are 2nd and 3rd level carnivorous consumers and then at the top of the pyramid, you have the top predators like sharks and dolphins.

Try these fun ocean activities for kids to extend their learning.

Recommended Ocean Books

When you’re learning about the ocean be sure to have a handy ocean encyclopedia to have great visuals on hand to show your kids.

Then I love finding good fiction stories about the ocean because those always bring the ocean alive and show your kids what it’s like to be in the ocean.

Ocean: A Visual EncyclopediaWho Eats What?: Food Chains and Food Webs (Let’S-Read-And-Find-Out Science, Stage 2)Ocean Food Chains (Food Chains and Webs)The Big Book of the BlueShark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless ScientistThe Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

 

Recommended Ocean Activity Kits

Check out these ocean-themed activity kits to be paired with any of the ocean books.

Junior Scientist Science Study: Sharks

Are you looking for shark printables? Homeschooling will be exciting as kids learn all about sharks with these fun worksheets.

Junior Learners Print & Go Activity Kit: Continents and Oceans

Do you have kids who want to learn about different places? Travel around the world with your airline ticket and passport in hand to be transported around the world.

Recommended Ocean Documentaries

Books are great but you can’t do any justice to the ocean without seeing it in person. For those of us who can’t visit an ocean we have to live vicariously through documentaries, these are a must-see for any child.

Blue Planet II (BD) [Blu-ray]Our Earth Our OceansThe Wild Pacific

 

What’s included in the ocean food web worksheets?

My free Ocean Food Web Worksheets are packed with 9 pages of super fun activities that kids will love! Here’s what you’ll find inside:

Food Web Labeling Activities

Kids will label and complete the food web by using arrows. It features a vivid, colored picture of an ocean scene filled with animals. They can cut and paste the labels (animal names) and then draw arrows to show how the food web works.

Color and Label

This activity has the same picture as the previous one but without the color. Here, kids will write the labels with the help of a word bank and then draw arrows to complete the food web. They get to color the picture too!

Ocean Food Web Cut and Paste

Kids will cut out the pictures from the next page and paste them onto this page, which has a colored ocean scene background. They will then draw arrows to show the food web in action.

These worksheets are a great way for kids to learn about ocean food webs while having a blast with hands-on activities!

More Ocean Printables To Try

You will love these ocean printables too!

• Jellyfish Worksheets
• Life Cycle of a Jellyfish Worksheet
• Parts of a Dolphin Diagram
• Ocean Themed ABC Spin & Color from 3 Dinosaurs
• Ocean Coloring Pages for Preschoolers from Homeschool Preschool

Unravel the mysteries of the natural world with this list of Food Web Activities for Kids, where they’ll discover the interconnections of life in a fun and engaging way!

Print out these food web worksheets for an interactive way for your kids to learn about the ocean food chain.

Download the ocean food web worksheets below

I hope your child will enjoy learning more about ocean animals and how important their favorite creature is in the food web.