Ecology WebQuest

UPDATED 3/2022

Mission

This mission is designed for you to practice and challenge your ecology knowledge. Be sure to state your names and task outcomes in your Log Book (or Interactive Notebook). Enjoy and good luck!

#1 Task: Populations

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html

What is population?
Two things that increase a population
Two things that decrease a population
Humans and dogs live together, are they part of the same population? Why or why not?

#2 Task: Limiting Factors

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html

Explain each of the 3 limiting factors listed on this site:

1.________________________-

2.________________________-

3.________________________-

#3 Task: Ecosystems

http://354789095106942656.weebly.com/ -UPDATED or https://sciencing.com/damages-ecosystem-8355512.html

What is an ecosystem?
What do ecosystems include?
What happens if one part of an ecosystem in damaged or destroyed?

#4: Task: Food Chains http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm

What do all living things need? Why?
Where do animals get what they need to survive?
Where do Plants get what they need to survive?

Click to learn about bigger food chains!

What do the links (arrows) in a food chain represent?
Explain how the last food chain represents a full circle of life.

Fill in the blanks (herbivore, omnivore, decomposer, etc)

A person is called a _____________________________________ because they eat meat & vegetables.
________________________ are animals that only eat meat.
________________________ are animals that only eat plants.
________________________ break down dead matter.

Click on “Food Chain Game” in upper left hand corner

Play the game, then diagram (draw and label) the last food chain:

#5 Task: Food Webs

https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodfight/

Choose a food Web

Name a consumer in your food web _______________________________
Name a producer in your food web ________________________________
Name a decomposer (if there is one) in your food web ______________________________

Then watch the video about Food Webs

The Food Web (1).mp4

#6 Task: Energy in an Ecosystem

https://eartheclipse.com/ecosystem/energy-pyramid-definition-levels-examples.html

Write three to five sentences describing what you learned:
Why are there less organisms as you move up the energy pyramid?

#7 Task: 10% Rule and Energy Pyramids

10% Rule Webpage

Nearly all of the ___________________ that drives ecosystems ultimately comes from ______________. __________________, which is an ___________________ factor, by the way, enters the ecosystem through the process of ___________________.
Why are plants called producers?
What are other producers besides plants?
How much energy to consumers obtain when they eat? What happened to the rest?

#8 Task: Biomes Around the World

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php and check out the video Study Jams Biomes
How are biomes determined?
What are the 6 Biomes of the World?
What are the Freshwater Ecosystems?
What are the Marine Ecosystems?

Mission Complete?

Go back and check out any games, websites, or videos that you enjoyed. You can also check out Bill Nye: Food Chains video. Just click on the link. Or try Space Eco-Voyage or Angry Aliens Ecology

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