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4.42 Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet

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Core academic competencies and curriculum alignment

This Grade 4 Science worksheet provides structured practice on 4.42 Food Chains and Food Webs. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Food Chains and Food Webs - Choose the model that correctly shows energy flow from producers to consumers to decomposers and predicts effects of adding/removing organisms. (DCI LS2.A; NAEP Life Science)

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Grade 4

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Science

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Science Curriculum

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A student is drawing a food web that includes wheat → mouse → snake → hawk. Which arrow should be included? "Use the arrows in the food chain to choose the best answer. Use the setup evidence to support your answer.,A. mouse → wheat | B. snake → wheat | C. wheat → sunlight | D. wheat → mouse,D. wheat → mouse,The correct arrow is from the food to the eater. mouse gets energy from wheat

Solution & Explanation:show them only as neutral labels or not at all; do not indicate the correct answer.,Grade 4 food-chain or food-web diagram using these organisms in a valid relationship: wheat → mouse → snake → hawk. Show arrows from food source to consumer

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

A student is drawing a food web that includes leaf → caterpillar → robin → hawk. Which arrow should be included? Use the arrows in the food chain to choose the best answer. Use the setup evidence to support your answer.

Acaterpillar → leaf

Brobin → leaf

Cleaf → caterpillar

Dleaf → sunlight

Solution & Explanation:The correct arrow is from the food to the eater. caterpillar gets energy from leaf, so the arrow is leaf → caterpillar.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A student is drawing a food web that includes berries → mouse → owl. Which arrow should be included? "Use the arrows in the food chain to choose the best answer. Use the setup evidence to support your answer.,A. mouse → berries | B. berries → mouse | C. owl → berries | D. berries → sunlight,B. berries → mouse,The correct arrow is from the food to the eater. mouse gets energy from berries

Solution & Explanation:show them only as neutral labels or not at all; do not indicate the correct answer.,Grade 4 food-chain or food-web diagram using these organisms in a valid relationship: berries → mouse → owl. Show arrows from food source to consumer

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QWhat grade level and standards does this worksheet align with?

This worksheet is designed specifically for Grade 4 Science students. It aligns with educational standard SCI.4.42 (Trace energy flow and identify producers, consumers, decomposers, and ecosystem relationships.).