1Question
A plant uses sunlight to make food. If a plant gets energy from the Sun in the morning and again in the afternoon, where does its energy come from?
2Question
A rabbit eats grass for energy. What kind of living thing is the grass for the rabbit?
3Question
A squirrel eats 3 acorns at lunch and 2 acorns at snack time. How many acorns did the squirrel eat in all?
4Question
A sunflower gets energy from sunlight. A caterpillar gets energy from leaves. Which one gets energy directly from the Sun?
5Question
A child eats an apple to get energy for recess. Why does the child need energy from food?
6Question
A plant needs sunlight, water, and air to make food. If it is missing sunlight, what energy-making process cannot happen well?
7Question
A fox eats a rabbit, and the rabbit ate grass. What is the first source of energy in this food chain?
8Question
A bird flies for 10 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the afternoon. How many minutes did it fly in all?
9Question
A deer eats 4 bunches of leaves on Monday and 6 bunches on Tuesday. How many bunches of leaves did it eat altogether?
10Question
A plant grows best when it gets enough sunlight. If one plant gets full sunlight and another gets very little sunlight, which plant will likely make more food?
11Question
A bee gets energy from nectar. A frog gets energy from insects. Which animal gets energy from another animal?
12Question
A student watches a food chain: Sun → grass → grasshopper → bird. Which living thing gets energy last in this chain?
13Question
A caterpillar eats 5 leaves on Monday, 5 leaves on Tuesday, and 5 leaves on Wednesday. How many leaves did it eat in all?
14Question
A tree uses energy from the Sun to grow. Later, a bird eats berries from the tree. How did the Sun’s energy help the bird?
15Question
A rabbit uses energy to hop 12 times and then 8 more times. How many hops did it make altogether?
16Question
A field has 7 plants. Each plant gets energy from sunlight. If all 7 plants are in the Sun, how many plants are getting energy from sunlight?
17Question
A mouse eats seeds and uses that energy to run. If it ran 14 steps before resting and 6 more steps after resting, how many steps did it run in all?
18Question
A food chain is Sun → plant → rabbit → owl. If the rabbit has less energy than the plant, why is that true?
19Question
A plant gets sunlight for 4 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon. How many hours of sunlight did it get in all?
20Question
A farmer plants 8 rows of corn. Each row gets the same amount of sunlight each day. If all 8 rows are healthy, what helps the corn make its food?
21Question
A frog eats 2 insects on Monday, 4 insects on Tuesday, and 3 insects on Wednesday. How many insects did the frog eat in total?
22Question
A forest has many tall trees. Small animals live under the trees and eat berries, seeds, or insects. Explain one way the trees help living things get energy.
23Question
A child’s body uses energy when the child walks to school, writes in class, and plays at recess. If the child eats breakfast to get that energy, why is breakfast important?
24Question
In a pond food chain, sunlight helps algae grow. Small fish eat the algae, and big fish eat the small fish. If the algae get 10 units of energy from sunlight, will the big fish have the same 10 units of energy? Explain.
25Question
A garden has tomatoes, a butterfly, a bird, and the Sun. The tomatoes use sunlight to grow. The butterfly drinks nectar from flowers. The bird eats insects that ate plants. Describe how energy moves through this garden.