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Living Things - Food Sources

Discover how animals and plants find their food, and why every living thing needs the right food source to grow strong and stay healthy.

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Fascinating Fact:

Tiny creatures like bees have flower food sources, drinking sweet nectar and carrying pollen that helps new plants grow.

In KS1 Science, you learn that all living things need food. Plants make their own food, while animals find food by eating plants, other animals, or both.

Key Terms

Food Source: The place or thing a living creature gets its food from, such as plants, seeds, or other animals.
Herbivore: An animal that eats only plants, like rabbits, cows, and many insects.
Carnivore: An animal that eats other animals, like lions, owls, or some spiders.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is a food source in KS1 science?

In KS1 science, a food source is where an animal or plant gets its energy from. For example, grass is a food source for cows, and nectar is a food source for bees.

How do plants get their food?

Plants make their own food in their leaves using sunlight, water, and air. This process gives them energy to grow, so they do not need to eat like animals.

What is the difference between herbivores and carnivores for children?

Herbivores eat only plants, carnivores eat other animals, and some animals called omnivores eat both plants and animals.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

What do rabbits eat?

Grass

Spiders

Snails

Frogs

Rabbits eat grass and other plants

2 .

What do foxes eat?

Rabbits

Grass

Spiders

Snails

Foxes are meat eaters. They eat rabbits. The rabbits have eaten the grass

3 .

Maize is a plant. It produces corn. What do we make from corn?

Potato crisps

Cornflakes

Chips

Bacon

To make cornflakes, corn is rolled flat and baked. Do you like cornflakes?

4 .

This is a field of oats. What do we make from oats?

Potato crisps

Porridge

Cornflakes

Chips

Porridge is good for you. Do you like porridge?

5 .

This is a picture of a field of wheat. The farmer is harvesting the wheat. What do we make from wheat?

Potato crisps

Chips

Sweets

Flour

The wheat is crushed to make flour

6 .

What do we use flour to make?

Potato crisps

Chips

Bread

Sweets

Bread is made from flour. Then it is baked. Have you made bread?

7 .

Where does beef come from?

Chickens

Pigs

Sheep

Cows

Pork comes from pigs, lamb comes from sheep and beef comes from cows

8 .

A lot of people like to eat beef. Here is how beef is made and gets to us. There is a word missing. What is the missing word?

Sun → Grass → ? → Beef → Us

Trees

Lions

Fish

Cows

This is called a food chain

9 .

A lot of people like to eat eggs. Here is how eggs are made and get to us. There is a word missing. What is the missing word?

Sun → Corn → ? → Eggs → Us