Plant and Animal Dependence

What is a food chain?

• A. a video that shows how flowers make seeds

• B. a path that shows how energy moves from plants to animals

• C. a picture that shows all the living and nonliving things in a place

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This picture shows a food chain.

a. Where would you put the sun in this food chain? Why would you put the sun there?

b. What do the arrows in the food chain show?

c. Tell the order in which living things eat one another in this food chain.

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A squirrel is using twigs and leaves to make a nest. What is the squirrel doing?

• A. eating plants as food

• B. using plants to build a shelter

• C. helping plants make more plants

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How are these foxes using the plants?

• B. to get water

• C. as a hiding place

• A. as food

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Why do people need plants?

• A. Plants help people reproduce.

• B. Plants make pollen that people need to live.

• C. Plants give off oxygen that people need to live.

What is a powder that flowers need to make seeds?

• nectar

• oxygen

• pollen

TRUE or FALSE? Some animals depend on plants to survive.

• True

• False

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________ is an example of an animal finding food to survive.

• a raccoon hiding in a tree

• a beaver eating the sugary part of bark

• an alligator living in a swamp

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What is mutualism in the context of plant and animal dependence?

• A relationship where both species benefit

• A relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed

• A relationship where one species benefits and the other is unaffected

• A relationship where both species are harmed

Which of the following is an example of a plant-animal mutualistic relationship?

• A bee pollinating a flower

• A lion hunting a zebra

• A cat chasing a mouse

• A snake shedding its skin