Grade 5 · Science
Trace energy through a food web practice
Use a supplied food web to trace direct feeding links without inventing a population prediction.
Opening your practice adventure…
Try a sample
A web shows leaves → caterpillar → bird. What is the caterpillar's direct food in this web?
- bird
- leaves
- soil minerals
- sunlight
See the answer & why
leaves
The arrow into the caterpillar comes from leaves.
A little hint: Read each arrow as energy moving from the food to its eater; use only the links given.
A teaching tip
Read each arrow as energy moving from the food to its eater; use only the links given.