Simple food chains | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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What would a scientist use to research what animals eat?
- ruler
- magnifying glass
- information books ✓
What is a herbivore?
- A herbivore is a plant.
- A herbivore is a human that eats herbs.
- A herbivore is an animal that eats plants. ✓
What is an omnivore?
- An animal that only eats plants.
- An animal that only eats meat from other animals.
- An animal that eats plants and other animals. ✓
Carnivores eat ______, which is the flesh of other animals.
- 'meat' ✓
Which of these animals can be classified as a carnivore?
- hyena ✓
- shark ✓
- panda
Which of these statements is true?
- All animals hunt for food.
- All animals eat plants to survive.
- All animals need food to stay alive. ✓

What are the basic needs that animals need to survive?
- food ✓
- water ✓
- air ✓
- blanket
- grass
Which of the following would a herbivore eat to survive?
- apples ✓
- rabbit
- grass ✓
What would a cow eat to survive?
- grass ✓
- rabbits
- hay ✓
- mice
A food chain is used to show the order in which living things ______ on each other for food.
- 'depend' ✓
A food chain can be drawn as a ...
- simple prediction
- simple scientific diagram ✓
- simple graph
Which of the following are true about the food chain below?
- The caterpillar is food for the plant.
- The caterpillar is food for the blackbird. ✓
- The blackbird is food for the caterpillar.
- The plant is food for the caterpillar. ✓

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The basic needs of animals for survival are water, food and air.
Animals need food from plants and other animals to survive.
A food chain is used to show the order in which living things depend on each other for food.
A food chain can be drawn as a simple scientific diagram. The arrows represent 'is food for'.

Pupils often think the arrow in a food chain means “eats” and also that arrows should be drawn from predator to prey (rather than prey to predator).

This lesson reinforces the fact the the arrow in a food chain can be interpreted to mean 'is food for'.

Animal - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.
Basic needs - A living thing's basic needs are what they need to be able to survive.
Plant - A plant is a living thing that often has a stem, roots, and leaves.
Depend - To depend on is to rely upon.
Food chain - A food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food.