Topic 8: Energy and Food - Lesson 1: Energy in Food

Children between 10 & 12 need a minimum of ______ Calories each day (Calories = unit of energy).

• 2200 Calories

• 1500 Calories

• 2000 Calories

• 2500 Calories

Plants ________ their food by using matter from the environment and energy of ____________ to build food molecules such as ________ or ________ that animals/humans can eat to get nutrients, eat, & grow.

• Plants make their food by using matter from the environment and energy of sunlight to build food molecules such as sugar or starch that animals/humans can eat to get nutrients, eat, & grow.

• Plants consume their food by using matter from the environment and energy of sunlight to build food molecules such as glucose or starch that animals/humans can eat to get nutrients, eat, & grow.

• Plants decompose their food by using matter from the environment and energy of sunlight to build food molecules such as glucose or starch that animals/humans can eat to get nutrients, eat, & grow.

• Plants store their food by using matter from the environment and energy of sunlight to build food molecules such as glucose or starch that animals/humans can eat to get nutrients, eat, & grow.

Animals cannot naturally make their own food so they must ______ to get energy & when they eat they break down stored energy of another body to use for their energy.

• consume food

• photosynthesize

• hibernate

• evaporate

• eat

All organisms use & store ____________ energy.

• chemical

• mechanical

• thermal

• nuclear

__________ levels sort animals & plants according to where they are in the food chain/how they obtain energy.

• trophic

• energy

• hierarchical

• nutritional

Plants are ____________ (make their own food through sun/photosynthesis) that get eaten by herbivores.

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• predators

What are the types of consumers?

• Primary

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Tertiary

• Secondary

All energy in food eaten gets traced back to the ________.

• sun

• moon

• stars

• earth

All organisms use & store ____ energy.

What type of consumer eats only plants?