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!
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?
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html
Explain each of the 3 limiting factors listed on this site:
1.________________________-
2.________________________-
3.________________________-
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?
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:
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 ______________________________
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?
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?
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?