All living things need light and heat from the sun to live. Plants need light and heat to grow. The use the light from the sun to make food. We can’t make our own food, but plants can. All the food we eat comes from plants in a food chain which starts with the sun. For example:

  sun → potatoes → chips

  sun → corn → hens → eggs

  sun → wheat → bread

  Animals need sunlight, too. Just like us, their food comes from a food chain which begins with the sun and the plants. For example:

  sun → leaf → caterpillar →bird

  sun → seaweed → small fish → whale

  Sunlight means we can see during the day. If there was no sun, it would be dark all the time. Even when the sky is cloudy, the sunlight is very strong and it shines through the clouds.

(   ) 1. Which word tells us what the sun is like?
              A. Huge.        B. Hot.   C. Bright.       D. All above.

(   ) 2. What are the two main things the sun gives us?
              A. Light and heat.          B. Heat and clouds.

              C. Rain and light           D. Wheat and bread.

(   ) 3. Why can still see during the day when the sky is cloudy?
              A. Because we can see all day and all night.

              B. Because the sun can’t give us light all day long.

              C. Because the sunlight can shine through the clouds.

              D. Because we can’t see at night.

(   ) 4. All the food we eat comes from ____. And it starts with the _____.

              A. plants; earth             B. a food chain; sunliuxuepaper.com