Let's solve the food chain worksheet step by step and explain each answer.
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1. What do the arrows mean? Circle the answer.
Options:
- eats
- is eaten by
✔ Correct answer: "is eaten by"
Explanation:
In a food chain, the arrow points
from the food to the consumer. So, grass → mouse means the
mouse eats the grass, or in other words,
grass is eaten by the mouse. Therefore, the arrow means "
is eaten by".
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2. Producers make their own food. What is the producer in this food chain? Circle the answer.
Options:
- grass
- mouse
- owl
✔ Correct answer: grass
Explanation:
A
producer is an organism that makes its own food using sunlight (like plants). Grass is a plant and uses photosynthesis to produce food. The mouse and owl are consumers — they eat other organisms.
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3. What is the predator in this food chain?
✔ Answer: owl
Explanation:
A
predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals. In this food chain:
- Grass → Mouse → Owl
- The
owl eats the mouse, so it is the
predator.
- The mouse is the prey.
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4. Here is a food chain that is in the wrong order. Write the names in the right order in the spaces below.
Organisms shown:
- eagle
- plant
- caterpillar
- small bird
We need to arrange them correctly in a food chain.
Step-by-step reasoning:
1.
Plant is a producer → starts the chain.
2.
Caterpillar eats the plant → primary consumer.
3.
Small bird eats the caterpillar → secondary consumer.
4.
Eagle eats the small bird → top predator.
So the correct order is:
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plant → caterpillar → small bird → eagle
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One of these organisms is both a predator and prey. Which one is it?
✔ Answer: small bird
Explanation:
- The
small bird eats the
caterpillar → so it is a
predator.
- But the
eagle eats the
small bird → so the small bird is also
prey.
Therefore, the
small bird is both a predator and prey.
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✔ Final Answers:
1.
is eaten by
2.
grass
3.
owl
4.
plant → caterpillar → small bird → eagle
- Organism that is both predator and prey:
small bird
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