Introduction to food chains | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these statements is true?

All animals eat the same food.

All animals hunt to get their food.

All animals need food to stay alive. ✓
Animals that are herbivores eat ...

plants and other animals

plants ✓

animals
Which of these would a scientist use to research what animals eat?

thermometer

tape measure

book about animals ✓
Which of these animals hunts to get its food?

giraffe

horse

owl ✓
Which of these animals grazes to get its food?

mountain goat ✓

shark

fox
Match the animal to its description.

koala

⇔

An excellent climber that eats leaves. ✓

fox

⇔

Has great senses of hearing and smell to hunt for its food. ✓

donkey

⇔

Often looked after by people who give it food. ✓

seal

⇔

Is carnivorous, eating mainly fish. ✓

Bluefin tuna are carnivores so they eat ...

food from plants like seaweed

food from other animals like fish and squid ✓

food from both plants and animals like seaweed and squid
If an animal does not get enough food it will eventually ...

'die' ✓
The arrows in a food chain mean ...

eats

is food for ✓

grazes
In this food chain the rabbit is food for the ...

grass

rabbit

fox ✓
Put this food chain in the correct order.

1

⇔

leaves

2

⇔

caterpillar

3

⇔

blackbird
Aisha puts these animals in a food chain but she has made a mistake. Put this food chain in the correct order.

1

⇔

seaweed

2

⇔

starfish

3

⇔

sea otter

4

⇔

shark

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Animals need food from plants and other animals to stay alive.
A food chain is used to show the order in which living things depend on each other for food.
A food chain begins with a plant.

Pupils may think that the arrows in the food chain mean "eats".

Explain that the arrows in a food chain mean "is food for". Provide pupils with lots of opportunities to use this language.

Animal - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.
Plant - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Living - Something that is living is alive. It can grow, reproduce, move, feed and get rid of waste material.
Food chain - Animals eat plants or other animals. The way this happens is shown in a food chain.