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.