Understanding Food Chains

What does a food chain show?

• How animals play together

• How each animal gets its food

• How plants grow

• How animals sleep

In a food chain, what happens when a plant is eaten by an animal?

• The plant grows bigger

• The animal gets smaller

• Energy moves from the plant to the animal

• The animal turns green

What do zebras eat in the African plains?

• Lions

• Grass

• Trees

• Other zebras

Which animal eats zebras in the food chain shown?

• Giraffes

• Eagles

• Lions

• Grasshoppers

Why does the food chain end with the lion?

• Lions are the biggest animals

• Lions don't like to eat

• No larger animals hunt lions

• Lions can run the fastest

What do juvenile giraffes eat?

• Grass

• Lions

• Trees and shrubs

• Zebras

In the grasshopper food chain, what eats the toad?

• Eagle

• Snake

• Lion

• Grasshopper

What eats seagrass in the marine food chain?

• Sardines

• Snapper

• Shrimp

• Seaweed

If all the lions disappeared, what might happen to the zebra population?

• It would stay the same

• It would decrease

• It would increase

• Zebras would learn to fly

What might happen if there are too many zebras?

• They might eat all the grass

• They might turn into lions

• They might swim in the ocean

• They might build houses