Science Chapter 3 Study Guide 1. Think About an Elephant, Warthog
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Science Chapter 3 Study Guide 1. Think about an elephant, warthog, aardvark, and prairie dog. Which animal would probably need the most food, water, and space?____________ 2. What is a predator?_______________________________ _________________________________ 3. Look at the information below to answer the question. A Grassland Food Chain Living Things in the Food Chain How They Get Food Corn plant Uses sunlight, air and water to make food Vole Eats the corn Coyote Eats the vole Mountain Lion Eats the coyote How does the coyote get energy?____________________________ 4. What is a food web made of?____________________________________ ____________________________________ 5. What do animals use to build their nests?__________________________________ _______________________________________ 6. Think about these things: kelp, sea urchin and sea star. Why is the sea urchin a consumer?______________________________ _____________________________________ 7. Who is helped when an egret sits on top of a rhinoceros and eats flies?___________________________________ 8. Think of a cardinal fish in the middle of a sea urchin. Which would be true? a. The fish and the sea urchin are helping each other. b. The sea urchin and the fish are not helping each other. c. The sea urchin is helping the fish. The fish is not helping the sea urchin. d. The fish is helping the sea urchin. The sea urchin is not helping the fish. 9. What do animals need to live in a habitat? _______________________________________ 10. How can people help save an ocean food web that was harmed by an oil spill?___________________________________ _______________________________________ _____________________________________ Answers 1. Elephant 2. A predator is an animal that hunts another animal for food. 3. The coyote gets energy by eating a vole. 4. A food web is made of the food chains in a habitat. 5. Animals use parts from plants and from other animals. 6. It eats kelp. 7. The egret and the rhinoceros are both helped. 8. C 9. Animals need enough air, water, shelter, and space. 10. People can wash the oil off the animals. They can also clean the water and make it safe again. .