Protecting food chains | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these living things is a producer?
- a human
- an oak tree ✓
- an orca
Which of these living things is a consumer?
- a polar bear ✓
- a fir tree
- a sunflower
All food chains start with a ______.
- 'producer' ✓
What do the arrows in a food chain mean?
- is food for ✓
- eats
If humans use a pesticide to get rid of the aphids, what is the impact on living things within this food chain?
- There may be more ladybirds because they have more food to eat.
- There may be fewer ladybirds because they have less food to eat. ✓
- There may be more roses because there are fewer aphids to eat them. ✓
- There may be fewer roses because there are more aphids to eat them.
If humans hunt foxes, what is the impact on living things within this food chain?
- There may be more rabbits because there are fewer foxes to eat them. ✓
- There may be fewer rabbits because there are more foxes to eat them.
- There may be more grass because there are fewer rabbits to eat it.
- There may be less grass because there are more rabbits to eat it. ✓

Humans should be encouraged to ______ living things in their habitats.
- protect ✓
- endanger
- threaten
What do we do when we protect something?
- we ignore it
- we keep it safe from harm ✓
- we hide it
Some living things face the possibility that something unwanted or dangerous will happen. This is called ...
- a habitat.
- a predator.
- a threat. ✓
What will changing one thing in a food chain affect?
- only the producer in the food chain
- only the consumers in the food chain
- all other living things in the food chain ✓
What can you do to find information on how to protect food chains in different habitats?
- ask a conservation scientist ✓
- visit a coastal habitat
- use a non-fiction text about the human body
- read a website about how to reduce plastic pollution ✓
How can humans protect living things in a coastal habitat?
- leave the living things unharmed ✓
- put out bird feeders
- pick up litter and dispose of it safely ✓
- plant wildflower areas

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A change to one living thing can affect other living things in the same food chain.
Humans should be encouraged to behave in ways that help to protect plants and animals in their habitats.
Information about protecting food chains can be researched using secondary sources of information.

Some pupils may think that human actions can have an impact on animals and plants but that these actions do not affect food chains.

Explanation of different ways in which humans can protect plants and animals in their habitats.

Habitat - The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.
Threat - A threat is the possibility that something unwanted or dangerous will happen.
Impact - The impact of something is the effect it has.
Protect - To protect something is to keep it safe from harm.
Secondary sources - Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.