Grade 4 · Science
Read a food chain practice
Interpret a stated food chain with arrows showing energy moving from food to eater.
Opening your practice adventure…
Try a sample
In leaves → caterpillar → bird, what provides food for the caterpillar?
- small fish
- rabbit
- leaves
- bird
See the answer & why
leaves
The chain begins with leaves supplying energy to the caterpillar.
A little hint: Read each arrow as 'is eaten by' and use the chain given, rather than inventing other feeding links.
A teaching tip
Read each arrow as 'is eaten by' and use the chain given, rather than inventing other feeding links.