Starter quiz

  • What do the arrows in a food chain diagram represent?
    • The arrows mean ‘eats’.
    • The arrows mean ‘is food for’.  ✓
    • The arrows show the direction that food moves along the food chain.  ✓
  • A ______ is the number of organisms, of the same type, that live in a given area.
    • 'Population' ✓
  • What is a primary consumer?
    • An organism that makes its own food from sunlight and chemicals.
    • An organism that eats secondary consumers.
    • An organism that eats producers.  ✓
  • How many prey are there in the food chain diagram below?
    How many prey are there in the food chain diagram below?
    • One
    • Two
    • Three  ✓
    • Four
    • Five
  • Match the organism in the food chain to the correct description.
    Match the organism in the food chain to the correct description.
    • Grass
      ⇔
      Producer ✓
    • Scrub hare
      ⇔
      Primary consumer ✓
    • Baboon
      ⇔
      Secondary consumer ✓
    • Cheetah
      ⇔
      Tertiary consumer ✓
  • Match the statements with the organism that appears in this food chain.
    Match the statements with the organism that appears in this food chain.
    • Algae
      ⇔
      make their own food. ✓
    • Water beetle
      ⇔
      is the prey of frogs. ✓
    • Frog
      ⇔
      is a predator of water beetles. ✓
    • Kingfisher
      ⇔
      is an apex predator. ✓
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