Half-Yearly (Session:2025-26)
Grade: 5
Worksheet-4
Topic: Food chains, food webs and energy transfers
Subject: Science Duration: 30 minutes
Name:________________________________ Section:______________ Date:____________
SECTION A: FILL IN THE BLANKS
Complete the sentences using the words from the box below.
producers, consumers, decomposers, energy, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, photosynthesis,
predator
1. Plants are called _____________ because they make their own food through
_____________.
2. Animals that eat only plants are called _____________, While Animals that eat only
meat are called _______________ .
3. Animals that eat both plants and animals are known as _____________.
4. In a food chain, _____________ flows from one organism to another.
5. All animals are _____________ because they cannot make their own food.
6. Bacteria and fungi are examples of that break downdead organisms.
SECTION B: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is always at the beginning of a food chain?
o a) Herbivore
o b) Carnivore
o c) Producer
o d) Decomposer
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2. What happens to energy as it moves through a food chain?
o a) It increases at each level
o b) It stays the same at each level
o c) It decreases at each level
o d) It disappears completely
3. In the food chain: Grass → Rabbit → Fox, the rabbit is:
o a) A producer
o b) The first consumer
o c) The second consumer
o d) A decomposer
4. Which of these animals is an omnivore?
o a) Cow
o b) Lion
o c) Bear
o d) Sheep
5. Food webs are different from food chains because they:
o a) Show only one feeding relationship
o b) Show multiple interconnected feeding relationships
o c) Don't include producers
o d) Only show carnivores
SECTION C: TRUE OR FALSE
1. All food chains start with the Sun as the source of energy. ________
2. Decomposers are not important in ecosystems. ________
3. A food web shows how different food chains are connected. ________
4. Producers can survive without consumers, but consumers cannot survive without
producers. ________
5. The arrow in a food chain shows the direction of energy flow. ________
6. Humans are always at the top of every food chain. ________
7. Plants get their energy directly from the soil. ________
8. Carnivores can sometimes be prey for other carnivores. ________
SECTION D: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Explain the difference between a food chain and a food web.
2. Why are plants called producers?
3. Draw or write a simple food chain with four links. Include labels and arrows.
4. Explain what would happen to a food web if all the producers were removed.