Food Chains Reading Comprehension

Humans get energy from...

• Exercising
• Eating
• Reading
• Sleeping

True or false: all of the energy on earth comes from the sun.

• True
• False

A food chain always starts with the…

• Predetors
• Humans
• Plants
• Zebra

How do plants turn sunlight into energy?

• They consume it.
• They eat it.
• They photosynthesize it.
• They decompose it.

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

• Food chains are only plants.
• Food webs are only animals.
• Food webs are simpler.
• Food webs are more complicated.

In the African savanna example, how does the zebra get energy?

• The zebra gets energy from the sun.
• The zebra gets energy from eating the grass.
• The zebra gets energy from eating the lion.
• The zebra gets energy from being eaten.

True or false: a lion eats grass to get energy.

• True
• False

Producers are always…

• Plants
• Animals
• Bacteria
• Worms

True or false: consumers don’t make energy.

• True
• False

Decomposers like worms, bacteria, and fungi…

• Plants
• Dead plants and animals
• Animals
• Soil