Comparing food chains | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Put this food chain in order.

• leaves

• giraffe

• lion

Answer explanation

The leaves are food for a giraffe. The giraffe is food for a lion.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the role of the lion in this food chain?

• to be food for the giraffe

• to eat the giraffe

• to eat the leaves

Answer explanation

The role of the lion is to eat the giraffe.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Jun wants to make a food chain. He starts with sunflower seeds and then a mouse. What could be next in the food chain?

• a shark

• a worm

• a barn owl

Answer explanation

Jun could add a barn owl to his food chain. A mouse is food for a barn owl.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Sam has made this food chain. Match each living thing to its role.

• ladybird

• to eat the ladybird

• spider

• to be food for the spider

• leaf

• to be food for the ladybird

Answer explanation

The role of the leaf is to be food for the ladybird. The role of the ladybird is to be food for the spider. The role of the spider is to eat the ladybird.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A food chain shows us...

• every food that an animal eats.

• how animals depend on plants and animals for the food they need to stay alive.

• how plants make their own food.

Answer explanation

A food chain shows us how animals depend on plants and animals for the food they need to stay alive.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Aisha uses the internet to find out what sharks eat. This is called...

• observing

• comparing

• researching

Answer explanation

Aisha uses the internet to find out what sharks eat. This is called researching.