Food Chains and Food Webs

Question 1

What is a food chain

Answer 1

A food chain is a diagram that shows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next, starting with a producer.

Question 2

What is the source of all energy in a food chain

Answer 2

Light energy from the Sun

Question 3

The arrows in a food chain show the

Answer 3

Transfer of energy

Question 4

Energy is transferred from one organism to another by

Answer 4

Ingestion

Question 5

What is a food web

Answer 5

Afood webis a network of interconnected food chains

Question 6

The majority of the energy an organism receives gets ‘lost’ (or ‘used’) through

Answer 6

Making waste products
As movement
As heat
As undigested waste