Simple food chains
1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.5-LS2-1 · England: KS1 Y2 Living things and their habitats, KS2 Y4 Animals, including humans
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Question 1
What does every food chain start with?
- A. a big predator
- B. a plant or other producer
- C. the soil
- D. a mushroom
Question 2
Which living thing fills the gap in this food chain? grass → grasshopper → frog → ___
- A. algae
- B. lettuce
- C. snake
- D. seeds
Question 3
What does every food chain start with?
- A. a mushroom
- B. a plant or other producer
- C. a big predator
- D. the soil
Question 4
Which living thing fills the gap in this food chain? lettuce → slug → hedgehog → ___
- A. algae
- B. phytoplankton
- C. badger
- D. oak leaves
Question 5
In a food chain, what does the arrow mean?
- A. "lives next to"
- B. "is eaten by" (energy passes along)
- C. "eats"
- D. "is bigger than"
Question 6
Which living thing fills the gap in this food chain? ___ → slug → hedgehog → badger
- A. grasshopper
- B. rabbit
- C. mouse
- D. lettuce
Question 7
In a food chain, what does the arrow mean?
- A. "eats"
- B. "is bigger than"
- C. "lives next to"
- D. "is eaten by" (energy passes along)
Question 8
Which living thing fills the gap in this food chain? oak leaves → caterpillar → blue tit → ___
- A. lettuce
- B. algae
- C. sparrowhawk
- D. phytoplankton
Question 9
In a food chain, what does the arrow mean?
- A. "eats"
- B. "is bigger than"
- C. "is eaten by" (energy passes along)
- D. "lives next to"
Question 10
Which living thing fills the gap in this food chain? ___ → giraffe → lion
- A. slug
- B. acacia leaves
- C. rabbit
- D. zebra
Question 11
Where does the energy in a food chain first come from?
- A. the soil
- B. the top predator
- C. the rain
- D. the Sun
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