Lesson 26 Food Chains and Food Webs

An animal can be a producer.

• True
• False

Producers get energy from the sun.

• True
• False

Consumers can survive without producers.

• True
• False

In the following sentence, consume probably means “Animals cannot produce food—they must consume plants or other animals to get food.”

• change into
• feed
• take in
• become

Why is the sun part of a food chain?

• Because animals get their food directly from the sun.
• Because the sun is a consumer.
• Because without the sun, plants would die.
• None of the above

If plants disappeared, could animals continue to survive?

• Yes
• No

A

• nuts
• beetle
• owl

B

• nuts
• beetle
• owl

C

• nuts
• beetle
• owl

A

• shark
• sea grass
• shrimp
• fish