How do we construct a food web?

In this lesson we will recap our knowledge of drawing food webs and then learn how to construct a food web.

How do we construct a food web?

In this lesson we will recap our knowledge of drawing food webs and then learn how to construct a food web.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Show energy transfer on food webs
  2. Draw a food web

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6 Questions

Q1.
What does the arrow in a food chain represent?
Direction of movement
Size of force
Correct answer: Transfer of energy
Q2.
What do food chains always begin with?
Carnivore
Consumer
Correct answer: Producer
Q3.
Which direction are the arrows drawn on food chains?
Down
Left
Correct answer: Right
Up
Q4.
If a shark is the third consumer in a food chain, this makes it the ________?
Primary consumer
Secondary consumer
Correct answer: Tertiary consumer
Q5.
Match the words with the correct definitions.
Correct Answer:predator,an organism that hunts and kills other animals for food

an organism that hunts and kills other animals for food

Correct Answer:prey,an organism that is hunted and killed as food

an organism that is hunted and killed as food

Correct Answer:competition,struggle against another organism for the same resources

struggle against another organism for the same resources

Q6.
Starting with the producer, sort the food chain into the correct order.
1 - grass
2 - grasshopper
3 - hedgehog
4 - fox

4 Questions

Q1.
In a food web, what do the arrows represent?
direction of force
favourite animals
Correct answer: Transfer of energy
Q2.
Is a brown trout a consumer or a producer?
Correct answer: consumer
producer
Q3.
Is pond weed a producer or a consumer?
consumer
Correct answer: producer
Q4.
If a ladybird gets its energy by eating aphids and small insects, does this make it a consumer or producer?
Correct answer: consumer
producer

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UnitScience / Ecosystems

Science