<p> Ecology Web Quest</p><p>Name: ______</p><p>I. FOOD CHAINS </p><p>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. </p><p>Answer the questions below:</p><p>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.</p><p>Choose the Forest Food Chain. 1. What animals were in your food chain? Place them in the correct order.</p><p>2. What 5 things happen if you take the frog out of the food chain? 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______</p><p>II. FOOD WEBS</p><p>Go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producerscons umers.htm </p><p>Read the article, then Define the following: Producer</p><p>Consumer</p><p>Decomposer</p><p>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? </p><p>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! </p><p>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 ______</p><p>III. RELATIONSHIPS </p><p>Read the article http://www.biology4kids.com/files/studies_relationships.html</p><p>1. List the types of relationships and define: a. b. c. d. e. </p><p>2. Give an example from nature of each of these types of relationships, and explain how each fits that relationship:</p><p>IV. POPULATION</p><p>Go to http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html and answer the following questions:</p><p>1. What is population? ______</p><p>2. Two things that increase a population</p><p> a. ______b. ______3. Two things that decrease a population: a. ______b. ______</p><p>V. (pt 2)POPULATION: Go to: http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep12.htm</p><p>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. ______</p><p>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: </p><p> 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! </p><p>1. ______</p><p>______</p><p>2. ______</p><p>______</p><p>3. ______</p><p>______</p>