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Science
Ecosystems

Starter quiz

  • In a food chain diagram, animals can be:
    • only producers
    • only consumers  ✓
    • both producers and consumers
  • A food chain diagram is an example of a ______. These help us to understand difficult things more simply.
    • 'model' ✓
  • Look at the food chain diagram. It shows four organisms. Match the organism with the word that describes its position in the food chain.
    Look at the food chain diagram. It shows four organisms. Match the organism with the word that describes its position in the food chain.
    • cabbage
      ⇔
      producer ✓
    • caterpillar
      ⇔
      primary consumer ✓
    • chaffinch
      ⇔
      secondary consumer ✓
    • cat
      ⇔
      tertiary consumer ✓
  • What is wrong with this food chain?
    What is wrong with this food chain?
    • The arrows are facing the wrong direction.
    • The organisms are in the wrong order.  ✓
    • The sun is missing.
    • There is no producer.
  • What is wrong with this food chain?
    What is wrong with this food chain?
    • The arrows are facing the wrong direction.  ✓
    • The organisms are in the wrong order.
    • The sun is missing.
    • There is no producer.
  • Look at the picture of this food chain diagram. Choose the correct statement.
    Look at the picture of this food chain diagram. Choose the correct statement.
    • The food chain shows us the size of the populations.
    • There are three organisms in the food chain.
    • There are three populations in the food chain.  ✓
    • There are three consumers in this food chain.
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