Food chains and food web

What is a food chain?

• A recipe

• A chain made of food

• How animals depend on other plants and animals for their food and survival.

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If an animal becomes extinct which part of the food chain is affected?

• Animals at the top of the food chain

• The whole food chain

• Plants/animals at the bottom of the food chain

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Which role do humans play in food chains?

• Consumer

• Producer

• Humans aren't part of food chains

Which is an example of a consumer eating another consumer (secondary consumer)?

• A deer eating bark

• A lion eating a zebra

• A bird eating berries

A producer uses the Sun’s energy to make food. Which of these is not a producer?

• A sunflower

• A rose bush

• A pig

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Consumers get their food by eating other organisms. Which of these is not a consumer?

• A daisy

• A horse

• A tiger

What is always at the start of a food chain or web?

• An insect

• A big cat

• A green plant

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Why do food chains and webs always start with
green plants?

• green plants taste a lot nicer

• green plants absorb the Sun’s energy to produce food

• green plants look the best to eat

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A deer eats bark for food. A wolf eats deer for food. Which animal is the consumer in this food chain?

• Bark

• Deer

• Wolf

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