Food Chains and Animal Diets

What is a food chain?

• A path of animals eating plants.

• A process where living things eat and are eaten to get energy.

• A list of all the animals in a forest.

• A way for plants to grow taller.

Why do living things eat other living things in a food chain?

• To play games.

• To build nests.

• To get the energy they need.

• To make new friends.

What is transferred from one living thing to another in a food chain?

• Water

• Energy

• Air

• Shelter

Which of these shows a correct food chain sequence?

• Owl -> Snake -> Mouse -> Corn

• Corn -> Mouse -> Snake -> Owl

• Mouse -> Corn -> Snake -> Owl

• Snake -> Owl -> Corn -> Mouse

What are the two main roles living things have in a food chain?

• Hunters and Gatherers

• Producers and Consumers

• Prey and Predators

• Plants and Animals

What are living things that can make their own food called?

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Predators

Which of these is an example of a producer?

• A mouse

• A snake

• Corn

• An owl

In a food chain, what role do plants play?

• They are consumers.

• They are decomposers.

• They are producers.

• They are predators.

What are living things that cannot make their own food and need to eat other living things called?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

What do we call animals that only eat plants?

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Producers