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Energy Flows Through a Food Chain

Follow the path of energy through a food chain from plants to top predators.

Module

Ecosystems Basics & Human Impact

Age

Age 8

Duration

8 min

Questions

5

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  1. Question 1

    Multiple choice

    In the food chain Seaweed → Small fish → Seal → Orca, what does the seal eat?

  2. Question 2

    Multiple choice

    Which animal is at the end of this food chain? Grass → Mouse → Snake → Eagle

  3. Question 3

    Multiple choice

    Where does the energy in a food chain originally come from?

  4. Question 4

    True or false

    In a food chain, the arrow points from the eaten organism to the eater.

  5. Question 5

    Matching

    Put these in order by matching each step number to the correct organism in the food chain: Pond weed → Water flea → Small fish → Heron.

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