What Do Living Things Need?: Food

The video explains the essential role of food in providing energy and nutrients for all living things. It highlights the different ways organisms obtain food: plants produce their own food through photosynthesis using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, while animals must consume other organisms. The video also touches on fungi, which decompose organic matter to obtain nutrients. Despite the varied methods of obtaining food, all living things rely on the energy from food to survive.

What is the primary role of food for living organisms?

• To create oxygen

• To offer companionship

• To supply energy and nutrients

• To provide shelter

How do plants obtain their food?

• By eating other plants

• By absorbing nutrients from soil

• By using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

• By consuming insects

Which of the following is true about photosynthesis?

• It involves the use of sunlight to make food

• It requires plants to eat other organisms

• It is a process exclusive to animals

• It does not involve water

What do sheep primarily eat to obtain their food?

• Other animals

• Plants

• Fungi

• Insects

How do fungi obtain their nutrients?

• By hunting small animals

• By photosynthesis

• By breaking down organic matter

• By eating plants