February 25, 2013
Dear Parents,
Students will be having a “final exam” on the Food Chain and Animal Classification
Unit on Monday for Mrs. Urkevic’s class and Tuesday for Mrs. Palmer’s class. This
“final exam” is not intended to trick or stress students out. It is my belief that we
have spent an entire semester studying these topics in science; doing experiments,
observations and discussions on these topics. I would like students to show me
what they have retained. None of the information on the test will be new to them;
they have seen it and heard it, and they will have an entire week to refresh their
knowledge.
We made flash cards in class so that students can practice at home. There are 20
vocabulary terms and the food chain to study.
Please DO NOT stress your child (or yourself) out about this test. While this is
important, it is intended to be an exposure for students to the idea of “final
exams”.
The format of the test is; fill in the blank with a word bank, multiple choice, one
open-response, and they will have to draw a diagram.
If you have any questions, please call/email me.
Thank you, Mrs. Urkevic
Food Chain & Animal Classification Study Guide
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Study Guide for Food Chains & Animal
Classification Final
Have student be able to know definition & give word to definition.
VOCABULARY: Food Chain
Camouflage
adaptation that helps an organism blend in with its surroundings.
Consumer
organism that eats other organisms in a food chain
Decomposer
organism that feeds on and breaks down dead organisms
Food chain
shows how organisms get food and energy
Habitat
the area in which an organism lives: it must have water, space,
and shelter.
Nutrients
things in food that organisms need to live
Organism
living things
Predator
animal that kills and eats other animals
Prey
animal that is killed and eaten by other animals
Producer
organism that makes its own food and serves as the source of
food for other organisms
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VOCABULARY: Animal Classification
Vertebrate
animal with a backbone
Invertebrate
animal without a backbone
Cold-blooded
animal that cannot regulate its body temperature
(receive heat from outside)
Warm-blooded
animal that regulates its body temperature
(make their own heat)
MR. FAB
mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, & birds
Mammals
warm-blooded, breath with lungs, nurse their young, & have hair
(the platypus is the exception)
Reptiles
hatch from soft-shell eggs, cold-blooded, vertebrate, shed or
molt their skin, (dry, thick, scaly skin)
Fish
hatch from soft-shell eggs, give live birth, breath with gills,
vertebrate, most have scales
Amphibians
hatch from eggs in water, live part in water and part on land,
vertebrate, slimy skins
Birds
warm-blooded, feathers, bones, hatch from hard-shell eggs,
care for young (the penguin is the only one that can’t fly)
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You will be asked to know and/or draw the Food Chain.
Sun +
Water
Primary
Consumer
(Cricket)
Herbivore
Producer
Secondary
Consumer:
(Anole)
Carnivore
3rd Level
Consumer:
(Grass)
Oxygen
(Owl)
Carnivore
Decomposer
(Earthworm)
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