Lesson Worksheet: Food Chains and Food Webs Science • 5th Grade
In this worksheet, we will practice defining and describing food chains and food webs and using them to gather information about feeding relationships in ecosystems.
Q1:
Look at the food chain below.
What are phytoplankton?
- AConsumers
- BProducers
- CDecomposers
Q2:
Fill in the blank: Ocean food chains generally start with phytoplankton, whereas land food chains generally begin with .
- Aconsumers
- Bherbivores
- Cplants
Q3:
Fill in the blank: A food web .
- Ais the same as a food chain
- Bshows how food chains link together
- Cshows how matter, but not energy, flows in an ecosystem
Q4:
Which of these statements is true?
- AA food chain can show more information than a food web.
- BA food web can show more information than a food chain.
- CFood webs show how matter and energy flow in an ecosystem, but food chains do not.
Q5:
Fill in the blank: In a food chain, the first organism is always a .
- Aproducer
- Bdecomposer
- Cconsumer
Q6:
What is wrong with this food chain?
- AThere should be an arrow pointing from the bird to the grass.
- BThe arrows are all pointing in the wrong direction.
- CThe Sun should be labelled the Producer.
Q7:
Which of these organisms could be added to the end of the food chain below?
- A
- B
- C
Q8:
Fill in the blanks: In a food chain, arrows always point from the to the .
- Aorganism that is eaten, organism that eats it
- Bpredator, prey
- Cherbivore, carnivore
Q9:
Does the image below show a food chain or a food web?
- AA food web
- BA food chain
Q10:
Use the food web to name the organism that does not eat producers or consumers.
- AKite
- BGoat
- COwl
- DGreen plant
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