Name: ______________________
Mrs. Merenda
Date: ____________
Reading/Class & Homework
Food Chains & Food Webs
**Test on Tuesday, April 29, 2014**
Class work: Tuesday, April 22
 use your glossary to locate definitions #1-3
 read booklet pp. 3-5
 answer questions #1-6
Vocabulary:
1. consumers
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2. photosynthesis
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3. producers
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Comprehension:
Introduction:
1. Why do people and other animals need to eat?
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2. Where do your favorite foods come from?
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3. Does everything that you eat and drink come from a living thing? Explain.
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Producers and Consumers:
4. How do producers get energy?
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5. How do consumers get energy?
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6. What are some producers and consumers you can find outside our school?
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Homework: Tuesday, April 22
 Complete Food Web worksheet
 Complete Producers and Consumers worksheet
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Class work: Wednesday, April 23
 use your glossary to locate definitions #1-4
 read booklet pp. 6-9
 answer questions #1-8
Vocabulary:
1. carnivores
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2. food chains
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3. herbivores
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4. omnivores
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Comprehension:
Food Chains:
1. What purpose does a food chain serve? List two.
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2. What is an example of an herbivore and what do herbivores eat?
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3. What is an example of a carnivore and what do carnivores eat?
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4. What is an example of an omnivore and what do omnivores eat?
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5. If you were a wild animal in Africa, would you prefer to be an herbivore, carnivore, or
omnivore? Why?
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6. What is an example of a primary consumer?
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7. What is an example of a secondary consumer?
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8. What is an example of a tertiary consumer?
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Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
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Homework: Wednesday, April 23
 use your glossary to locate definitions #1-4
 read booklet pp. 10-12
 answer questions #1-5
Vocabulary:
1. decomposers
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2. ecosystems
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3. predators
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4. prey
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Comprehension:
Predators and Prey:
1. What kinds of predators are there in a desert?
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2. What kinds of prey animals are there in a forest?
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3. What else makes up an ecosystem besides plants and animals?
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4. What is the role of decomposers in the food chain?
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5. What would be some pros (good things) and cons (bad things) of being a top predator?
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Class work: Thursday, April 24
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use your glossary to locate definitions for vocabulary #1
read pp. 13-15
answer questions #1-3
complete Food Chain Worksheets 4 & 5
Vocabulary:
1. food web
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Food Webs:
1. What can you show on a food web that you cannot show on a food chain?
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2. Why are some animal species both predators and prey?
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3. Decomposers complete the food chain.
Label or draw to complete the food chain.
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primary
secondary
consumer
consumer
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tertiary
producer
consumer
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decomposer
Homework: Thursday, April 24
 read booklet pp. 16-17
 answer questions #1-3
Energy Pyramid:
1. Is a large or small portion of the total energy in one level of an energy pyramid passed on
to the next? How do you know?
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2. In a typical ecosystem, why are there more producers or consumers? Explain.
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3. Label a well-balanced energy pyramid below:
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Class work: Friday, April 25
 use your glossary to locate definitions for vocabulary #1
 read booklet pp. 18-21
 answer questions #1-6
Vocabulary:
1. competition
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Survival:
1. Why is there competition within an ecosystem? Explain.
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2. How might changes in ocean temperature affect the things that live there?
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3. If you were a creature that could fly, what adaptations would you want to have? Why?
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4. What are some helpful and harmful ways people cause changes to ecosystems?
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5. Why are many invasive species harmful to ecosystems?
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6. What should be done about invasive species? Explain why.
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Class work: Monday, April 28
 read booklet p. 22
 answer questions #1-3
Conclusion:
1. Can a species live in more than one ecosystem? Explain and give examples.
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2. How would you show the foods Ana eats in a food chain or food web?
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3. Does understanding that you are part of a food web change the way you think about what
you eat? Why or why not?
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Homework: Monday, April 28
 Review packet
 Complete vocabulary puzzle on next page to review definitions
 Test tomorrow!
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
1st
2nd
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Food Chains & Food Webs
Across:
2. organism in a food chain that eats other organisms, especially live
ones
7. group of plants and animals that all have a relationship with each
other through what they eat
9. animal that eats only plants
10. a biological community of organisms together with their habitat
11. animal that eats only other animals
12. animal that hunts and eats other animals to survive
13. organism in a food chain that breaks down organic matter
Down:
1. the interconnected feeding relationships within an ecosystem
3. animal that eats both plants and animals
4. the struggle between organisms of the same or different species
for limited resources, such as food, light, or territory
5. organism in a food chain that is able to make its own food
6. the process by which plants convert energy from the Sun into food
8. animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator
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Word Bank
producer
food web
carnivore
prey
food chain
herbivore
consumers
predator
ecosystem
omnivore
competition
decomposer
photosynthesis