Presenting food chains | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these statements are true about producers in a food chain?
- Producers are at the top of a food chain.
- Producers catch their food from the water.
- Producers use sunlight to make their own food. ✓
- Producers are plants that eat other plants.
True or false? A bird is a producer in a food chain.
- True
- False ✓
Jacob creates a food chain including a fish as a predator. Why can a fish be a predator?
- It can eat plants.
- Its habitat can be pond weed.
- It can hunt and eat other animals. ✓
- It can be eaten by other animals.
Which food chain represents this information: toads eat water snails, water snails eat algae.
- toad -> water snail -> algae
- toad -> water snail -> water snail - > algae
- algae -> water snail -> toad ✓
- algae <- water snail <- toad
Izzy creates a food chain: cabbage leaves -> caterpillar -> bird -> cat. How many predators are in this food chain?
- one
- two ✓
- three
- four
Sam creates a food chain: seaweed -> starfish -> crab -> octopus. Which living things are prey in this food chain?
- seaweed and starfish
- starfish and crab ✓
- crab and octopus
- starfish, crab and octopus

What are we doing when we look for the similarities and differences between living things?
- describing them
- comparing them ✓
- ordering them
- naming them
True or false? A predator is always bigger in size when compared to its prey.
- True
- False ✓
The arrows in a food chain represents ...
- eats
- is food for ✓
- relies on
Where should we draw the arrows in a food chain?
- above each living thing
- below each living thing
- in between each living thing ✓
Which of these statements are true about presenting food chains?
- A food chain must only be presented using pictures.
- A food chain must only be presented using writing.
- A food chain can be presented using pictures and/or writing. ✓
Lucas has presented his food chain below. Match the living things with the correct roles in Lucas' food chain.
- plant
  
  ⇔
  
  producer ✓
- caterpillar
  
  ⇔
  
  prey ✓
- blackbird
  
  ⇔
  
  predator ✓

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We can compare the producers and consumers, including predators and prey, in different food chains.
A predator is not always larger in size when compared to its prey.
Most food chains are presented with an arrow in between each living thing to represent ‘is food for’.
A food chain can be presented in different ways, including using writing, pictures, or both.

Pupils may think that a predator can always be identified by its size and ferocity in comparison to its prey.

This lesson gives examples of some predators that are smaller in size than their prey.

Food chain - Food chains show how living things depend on each other for food.
Predators - Predators are animals that hunt, kill and eat other animals.
Prey - An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal is called prey.
Consumers - Consumers in a food chain are animals that eat other animals or plants.
Present - To present information is to show or share it with others.