Roles within food chains | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

A food chain always starts with a ...

'plant' ✓
Manatees eat plants on the seabed around them. This is known as ...

food provided by humans

grazing ✓

hunting
True or false. Animals can survive without food.

'false' ✓
In this food chain the greenfly is food for the ...

cabbage

greenfly

ladybird ✓

arrow
Put this food chain in the correct order.

1

⇔

acorn

2

⇔

squirrel

3

⇔

fox
Put this food chain in the correct order.

1

⇔

nettles

2

⇔

caterpillar

3

⇔

blackbird

4

⇔

fox

Put this food chain in order.

1

⇔

lettuce

2

⇔

rabbit

3

⇔

fox
Food chains are made up of plants and ...

'animals' ✓
Izzy is making a food chain and wants to research what lions eat. What could she use to help her?

scissors

a book about animals ✓

a magnet
A food chain is used to show

the order that living things depend on each other for food. ✓

the order of the sizes of living things.

the order of the strength of living things.
Plants and animals play in an important role in food chains. What is a role?

A role means the order of plants and animals in a food chain.

A role means the size of the animals in the food chain.

A role means the part that the plant or animal plays in the food chain. ✓
Look at this food chain. What could happen if there were not enough cabbages for the greenfly to eat?

Some of the greenfly would die and some of the ladybirds would die. ✓

Some of the greenfly would die but all of the ladybirds would survive.

All of the greenfly and the ladybirds would survive.

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A food chain is used to show the order in which living things depend on each other for food.
Each plant and animal has an important part, or role, to play in a food chain.
Observations, books, the internet and experts provide information about what animals eat.

Food chains put living things in order of importance.

Explanation of interdependence of each living thing within a food chain.

Animals - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.
Plants - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Food chain - Animals eat plants or other animals. The way this happens is shown in a food chain.
Role - The part played by a person or thing in a particular situation.
Research - To research something is to find out about it, or investigate it carefully.