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Q1. Why do living things need energy?
A. To move, grow, reproduce, and carry out life processes
B. Only to sleep
C. Only to eat
D. To make sunlight
A. To move, grow, reproduce, and carry out life processes
Where do plants get the energy they need to make food?
A. The Moon
B. The Sun
C. The soil only
D. Animals
B. The Sun
What do we get energy from?
A. The food we eat
B. Rocks
C. Plastic
D. Glass
A. The food we eat
What is a food chain?
A. A diagram showing feeding relationships
B. A list of plants only
C. A group of rocks
D. A diagram showing the weather
A. A diagram showing feeding relationships
Which of the following is a living thing?
A. A rock
B. A glass bottle
C. A rabbit
D. A plastic toy
C. A rabbit
6. What is a producer?
A. An animal that hunts
B. An organism that makes its own food
C. An animal that eats meat
D. An animal that eats plants
B. An organism that makes its own food
Which of these is a producer?
A. Lion
B. Snake
C. Grass
D. Rabbit
C. Grass
8. What is a consumer?
A. An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
B. An organism that makes its own food using sunlight
C. A non-living thing
D. The Sun
A. An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
9. Which animal is a herbivore?
A. Lion
B. Cow
C. Owl
D. Snake
B. Cow
10. Which animal is a carnivore?
A. Rabbit
B. Zebra
C. Lion
D. Cow
C. Lion
11. What is an omnivore?
A. An animal that eats only plants
B. An animal that eats only other animals
C. An animal that eats both plants and animals
D. An animal that eats nothing
C. An animal that eats both plants and animals
12. Which pair contains two omnivores?
A. Cow and rabbit
B. Lion and snake
C. Human and bear
D. Zebra and cow
C. Human and bear
What is a predator?
A. An animal that hunts and eats other animals
B. An animal that eats only plants
C. A plant that makes food
D. An animal that is always prey
A. An animal that hunts and eats other animals
What is prey?
A. An animal that hunts other animals
B. An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal
C. A plant that produces food
D. A non-living thing
B. An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal
Which food chain is correct?
A. Rabbit → Grass → Sun
B. Sun → Grass → Rabbit → Fox
C. Fox → Rabbit → Grass → Sun
D. Grass → Sun → Fox → Rabbit
D. Grass → Sun → Fox → Rabbit
Which organism should be at the beginning of a food chain?
A. A predator
B. A carnivore
C. A producer
D. A consumer
C. A producer
What do arrows in a food chain show?
A. The size of organisms
B. The direction of energy transfer
C. The age of organisms
D. The speed of organisms
B. The direction of energy transfer
In this food chain, Grass → Grasshopper → Frog, which organism gets energy directly from the grass?
A. Frog
B. Grasshopper
C. Snake
D. Eagle
B. Grasshopper
A rabbit eats grass, and a fox eats the rabbit. What is the rabbit in relation to the fox?
A. Producer
B. Predator
C. Prey
D. Plant
C. Prey
Why can't animals be producers like green plants?
A. Animals cannot move
B. Animals cannot eat
C. Animals cannot make their own food using sunlight like green plants do
D. Animals do not need energy
C. Animals cannot make their own food using sunlight like green plants do
A fox gets energy by eating a rabbit. The rabbit eats grass. Where did the energy originally come from?
A. The Moon
B. The Sun
C. The soil
D. The fox
B. The Sun
What would most likely happen to frogs if the number of grasshoppers decreased greatly in this food chain?
Grass → Grasshopper → Frog
A. Frogs would have less food available
B. Frogs would become producers
C. Frogs would no longer need energy
D. Grasshoppers would eat frogs
A. Frogs would have less food available
A student says, “Plants get their energy from the soil.” Is the student correct?
A. Yes, because soil provides all their energy
B. No, plants use light energy from the Sun to make food
C. Yes, because plants eat soil
D. No, plants do not need energy
B. No, plants use light energy from the Sun to make food
Look at this food chain:
Sun → Plant → Snail → Bird
If the number of snails decreased, what might happen to the birds?
A. They might have less food available
B. They would become producers
C. They would get energy directly from the Sun
D. They would stop needing energy
A. They might have less food available
Create a correct food chain containing the Grass, Lion, and Zebra.
A. Sun → Lion → Grass → Zebra
B. Grass → Zebra → Lion
C. Lion → Zebra → Grass
D. Zebra → Grass → Lion
B. Grass → Zebra → Lion