And Click on Start to Begin

Ecology Web Quest

Name: ______

I. FOOD CHAINS

Go to https://ecokids.ca/play-a-game-and-learn?gamename=chain_reaction&title=Chain %20Reaction:%20Build%20a%20Food%20Chain&description=Put%20a%20food%20chain %20together. and click on start to begin.

Answer the questions below:

1. A person is called a ______because they eat meat & vegetables. 2. Food gives people and animals ______. 3. ______are animals that only eat meat. 4. ______are animals that only eat plants.

Choose the Forest Food Chain. 1. What animals were in your food chain? Place them in the correct order.

2. What 5 things happen if you take the frog out of the food chain? 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______

II. FOOD WEBS

Go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producerscons umers.htm

Read the article, then Define the following: Producer

Consumer

Decomposer

1. Why is a Producer called a Producer? 2. What are the different types of Consumers? (*Hint Meat eaters, plant eaters, both) 3. Why are decomposers important?

Go to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html and choose one of the three food webs. Put the food web together on back!

Using the information in the table above answer the following questions about your food chain: 1. Name a consumer in your food web ______2. Name a producer in your food web ______3. Name a decomposer in your food web ______

III. RELATIONSHIPS

Read the article http://www.biology4kids.com/files/studies_relationships.html

1. List the types of relationships and define: a. b. c. d. e.

2. Give an example from nature of each of these types of relationships, and explain how each fits that relationship:

IV. POPULATION

Go to http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html and answer the following questions:

1. What is population? ______

2. Two things that increase a population

a. ______b. ______3. Two things that decrease a population: a. ______b. ______

V. (pt 2)POPULATION: Go to: http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep12.htm

1. Read the paragraph about populations, then click on “limiting factors”. 2. List three abiotic things that would limit a population size: a. ______b. ______c. ______3. List three biotic things that would limit a population size: a. ______b. ______c. ______

4. How can predator-prey relationships affect population size? VI. BIOMES Go to http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ and answer the following questions. 1. What are the 6 Biomes of the World? a. ______b. ______c. ______d. ______e. ______f. ______2. What are the 3 Freshwater Ecosystems and the 3 Marine Ecosystems? a. Freshwater:

b. Marine: 3. Click on one of the six biomes. Read the information. Click on the topics on the left side. Write 3 sentences describing this biome. Do not copy word for word!

1. ______

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2. ______

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3. ______

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