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The energy in food started as sunlight

5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.5-PS3-1, NGSS.5-LS2-1 · England: KS3 Biology: Photosynthesis, KS2 Y4 Animals, including humans

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Question 1
A lion never eats plants. Where did the energy in its food originally come from?
- A. the Moon
- B. the Sun, captured by plants that its prey ate
- C. the ground
- D. the lion's own body
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Question 2
True or false? Plants get their energy from the soil.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 3
Why do the arrows in a food chain point from the food to the eater?
- A. They point to the oldest animal.
- B. They show who is faster.
- C. They show who is bigger.
- D. They show the direction energy flows.
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Question 4
True or false? All the energy in grass passes to the cow that eats it.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 5
Why are there usually far fewer foxes than rabbits in a field?
- A. Foxes do not like each other.
- B. Rabbits eat foxes.
- C. Much energy is used up or lost at each step of a food chain.
- D. Foxes do not need energy.
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Question 6
True or false? Plants are producers because they make food using light.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 7
How do plants store energy from sunlight?
- A. They turn sunlight into soil.
- B. They do not store energy.
- C. They keep sunlight in their roots.
- D. They use it to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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Question 8
True or false? All the energy in grass passes to the cow that eats it.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 9
Why do the arrows in a food chain point from the food to the eater?
- A. They point to the oldest animal.
- B. They show the direction energy flows.
- C. They show who is faster.
- D. They show who is bigger.
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Question 10
True or false? Plants are producers because they make food using light.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 11
How do plants store energy from sunlight?
- A. They use it to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
- B. They turn sunlight into soil.
- C. They do not store energy.
- D. They keep sunlight in their roots.

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Answer key: The energy in food started as sunlight

1. B. the Sun, captured by plants that its prey ate
2. B. False
3. D. They show the direction energy flows.
4. B. False
5. C. Much energy is used up or lost at each step of a food chain.
6. A. True
7. D. They use it to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
8. B. False
9. B. They show the direction energy flows.
10. A. True
11. A. They use it to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water.