Environmental Science
•Please have a seat and take some time to look over the
notes worksheet. Look at the diagrams, and take a close
look at the vocabulary words. If you can use prior
knowledge to place any of the vocabulary words on the
pyramid diagram, feel free to do so.
•During the video, listen for any of the vocabulary
words listed on your page, and pay close attention to
any diagrams explained in the video.
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http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/10359-organisms-and-environment-the-energy-flow-video.htm
 Food Chain = Flow of
energy through
trophic levels.
 Trophic Level =
Position on a food
chain based on how an
organism gets energy.
 Food Web = Complex
interactions between
predators and prey
represented by arrows.
Shows several
intertwined food
chains.
 Producers
 Consumers
 Carnivore
 Scavenger
 Predator
 Herbivore
 Omnivore
 Parasite
 Organisms that produce their own food (autotrophs)
 Organisms that cannot make
their own food (heterotrophs)
 A plant eating organism
A flesh eating organism
 Predators- hunt and kill prey
for food
 Scavengers- eat dead animals
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 An organism that eats both plants and animals
 Organisms that use dead organisms as food and return elements to the
earth.
 Lives off of another
organism (its host)
 Kelp Forest Video
 Free Willy
 Killer Whale Video
 Killer Whale/ Blue Whale
 Put your name at the top of your sticky note.
 On your sticky note…
 Draw a food chain pyramid, explaining each level to the
best of your ability. Please give an example of an
organisms in each level.
 Also, what can you tell me about the transfer of energy
between each trophic level?
 When the bell rings, hand in your paperwork and
place your sticky note on the door as you leave the
room.
 Have a nice day!!!