Feeding relationships – practice for Years 6–9

Sample questions on Feeding relationships with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject

Biology

Year

Years 6–9

Curriculum area

Basics of ecology

Question types: Roles in an ecosystem · Put the food chain in order

Sample questions

1. Question 1 Easy

   Which organism is a herbivore (primary consumer)?

   1. A) goshawk
   2. B) wheat
   3. C) pike
   4. D) clover
   5. E) hare
   Show the solution

   Answer: E) hare

   How it works: goshawk – predator (higher consumer); wheat – producer; pike – predator (higher consumer); clover – producer; hare – herbivore (primary consumer)

2. Question 2 Normal

   Put the food chain in order, starting with the producer.

   • A) blue tit
   • B) caterpillar
   • C) oak leaf
   • D) sparrowhawk
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. oak leaf
   2. caterpillar
   3. blue tit
   4. sparrowhawk

   How it works: 1. oak leaf 2. caterpillar 3. blue tit 4. sparrowhawk

3. Question 3 Hard

   Which organism is a decomposer?

   1. A) earthworm
   2. B) spruce
   3. C) grass
   4. D) wolf
   5. E) wheat
   Show the solution

   Answer: A) earthworm

   How it works: earthworm – decomposer; spruce – producer; grass – producer; wolf – predator (higher consumer); wheat – producer

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