Read the excerpt from Who Eats What? Coral Reef Food Chains. All living things need energy. Reef plants get it from the sun. Animals on the reef eat plants and other animals. A food chain shows how energy moves from plants to animals. Each living link in the chain eats the one before it. Plant plankton and sea grass are producers. They are the first link in the coral reef food chain. These plants use the sun’s energy to make their own food. Small fish and green sea turtles eat the plants. They are the next link in the chain. They are consumers. Question 1 Part A Which inference can be made based on the information in the excerpt? Consumers and producers compete for the sun’s energy. Consumers in a reef food chain are larger than producers. Only living things contribute to a food chain. All living things depend on the sun’s energy for survival. Question 2 Part B Which detail from the excerpt best supports the answer to Part A? “They are the first link in the coral reef food chain.” “Each living link in the chain eats the one before it.” “Reef plants get [energy] from the sun.” “Small fish and green sea turtles eat the plants.”