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Simple Food Chains

Science · Ecosystems & Habitats · ages 6-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. A daisy makes its own food using sunlight.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. Which of these is a consumer?

    • daisy
    • grass
    • butterfly

  3. How many producers are in this food chain: oak tree, squirrel, then owl?

    oak treesquirrelowl

    Answer: ______________

  4. Which of these is a producer?

    • oak tree
    • rabbit
    • fox

  5. A food chain shows: grass, then grasshopper, then an empty space. Which animal could finish the chain?

    grassgrasshopper?
    • A frog
    • A tree
    • A cow

  6. Where does a producer get the energy to make its food?

    • From eating other animals
    • From sunlight
    • From eating plants

  7. Sam draws a food chain like this: sun, then flower, then bee. What mistake did Sam make?

    • Bees do not visit flowers
    • The sun cannot be part of a food chain
    • The flower should come after the bee

  8. A bird eats a caterpillar. What does the bird get from its food?

    • Water
    • Sunlight
    • Energy

  9. Mia draws a food chain but leaves the first space empty: empty, then slug, then hedgehog. What should go in the first space?

    ?slughedgehog
    • A worm
    • Lettuce
    • A bird

  10. A food chain shows: berry, then blackbird, then cat. What does this chain tell us?

    berryblackbirdcat
    • The berry eats the blackbird
    • The cat makes its own food from sunlight
    • The blackbird eats the berry, and the cat eats the blackbird
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Answer key

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  1. True · A daisy is a plant. Plants are producers, and producers make their own food from sunlight.
  2. butterfly · A consumer is an animal that eats plants or other animals. The butterfly is an animal. The daisy and the grass are plants.
  3. 1 · Only the oak tree is a plant that makes its own food. The squirrel and the owl are animals, so they are consumers.
  4. oak tree · A tree makes its own food using sunlight. That makes it a producer, not a consumer.
  5. A frog · The last space must be an animal that eats the grasshopper. A frog eats grasshoppers, so it finishes the chain.
  6. From sunlight · A producer is a plant. It uses sunlight to make its own food, so it never needs to eat anything.
  7. The sun cannot be part of a food chain · The sun gives energy, but it is not a living thing, so it does not belong in the chain. The flower is the producer and should come first.
  8. Energy · Animals get energy from their food. Sunlight is how plants make food, and water is not food.
  9. Lettuce · Every food chain starts with a producer, a plant. Lettuce is a plant, and slugs eat lettuce, so it fits the first space.
  10. The blackbird eats the berry, and the cat eats the blackbird · Follow the arrows. The energy moves from the berry to the blackbird, then to the cat. That tells us who eats what.
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