The energy in food started as sunlight

Question 1

Why are there usually far fewer foxes than rabbits in a field?

• A. Foxes do not like each other.
• B. Much energy is used up or lost at each step of a food chain.
• C. Foxes do not need energy.
• D. Rabbits eat foxes.

Question 2

True or false? Nearly all the energy in food chains comes from the Sun.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 3

Why are there usually far fewer foxes than rabbits in a field?

• A. Rabbits eat foxes.
• B. Much energy is used up or lost at each step of a food chain.
• C. Foxes do not like each other.
• D. Foxes do not need energy.

Question 4

True or false? Plants get their energy from the soil.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 5

How do plants store energy from sunlight?

• A. They use it to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
• B. They keep sunlight in their roots.
• C. They turn sunlight into soil.
• D. They do not store energy.

Question 6

True or false? All the energy in grass passes to the cow that eats it.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 7

A lion never eats plants. Where did the energy in its food originally come from?

• A. the ground
• B. the Moon
• C. the Sun, captured by plants that its prey ate
• D. the lion's own body

Question 8

True or false? Plants are producers because they make food using light.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 9

Why do the arrows in a food chain point from the food to the eater?

• A. They show who is bigger.
• B. They show the direction energy flows.
• C. They point to the oldest animal.
• D. They show who is faster.

Question 10

True or false? Plants get their energy from the soil.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 11

Why do the arrows in a food chain point from the food to the eater?

• A. They show who is bigger.
• B. They show the direction energy flows.
• C. They point to the oldest animal.
• D. They show who is faster.