Names
______________________
and ____________________________
Ecology
Webquest!
PartA. Ecosystems and
Food Webs
I.
FOOD CHAINS
(1) Go
to http://cserc.org/main/games/buildafoodchain/page1-1.html
Build a Food Chain
and do the game’s different levels
of difficulty. Then, 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.
(2)
Choose the Forest Food Chain http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/assets/flash/chain_reaction.swf
Drag
and drop the images until your food chain is correct. Then answer the
questions:
1. What
is the correct order for your food chain?
2. What 5 things happen if you take the frog
out of the food chain?
1. ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________
II.
FOOD WEBS
(1) Go
to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
and choose one of the three food webs. Put the food web
together!
|
Consumers – are
living things that need producers to be their food (animals and people) |
|
Producers
– living things which take the non living matter
from the environment (plants) |
|
Decomposers
– living things which feed off of dead plants and animals (bacteria, fungi) |
(2) Using
the information in the table above answer the following questions about your
food chain:
We
chose ____________________food chain.
Name
a consumer in your food web _______________________________
Name
a producer in your food web ________________________________
Name a decomposer in your food web ______________________________
(3) Go
to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html and
choose one of the food webs. Use the info from parts I and II to put the food
web together. (Hint: A top-level carnivore is something that preys on other
carnivores and it has no predators.)
We
chose _______________ food web.
Name
a consumer in your food web ________________________________
Name
a producer in your food web ________________________________
Name a herbivore in your food web
________________________________
Name
a carnivore in your food web ________________________________
III.
NUTRIENT CYCLING
A. Carbon
Cycle
(1) Go
to http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/carbon_cycle_version2.html
Complete
scene 1 by clicking the green “1” button.
(2) Name
2 places on the earth we find carbon:
1. __________________________
2. ___________________________
(3)
Go to http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html,
read about the carbon cycle and fill in the blanks below:
Plants
pull carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere to make food,
through a process called ____________________.
Through
food chains animals get ____________ from the plants and other animals they
eat.
When
plants and animals die their bodies ____________, and carbon goes back into the
ground.
Some
carbon is buried deep in the ground and forms ________________________.
When
humans burn fossil fuels, ________________ is released back into the
atmosphere.
When
humans and animals exhale, they release carbon back into the air by a process
called ______________________________.
B. Nitrogen
Cycle
Go
to the website http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/nitrogen_cycle.html&edu=mid and
read about the nitrogen cycle and answer the questions below:
1. What
are 2 ways nitrogen becomes useable to plants, humans and animals:
________________________________
________________________________
2. How
do herbivores obtain the nitrogen they need?
_________________________________________________________
3. How
is nitrogen returned to the atmosphere?
_________________________________________________________
4. What
are two ways humans impact the nitrogen cycle:
1.________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________
IV.
POPULATION
Go
to http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html read
about population 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.
_____________________________________________
Part
B: Impact of Human Activity on Ecosystems
Choose
and read about one of many impacts that humans have on ecosystems from the list
below:
|
Impact
of Human Activity on Ecosystems |
|
List
two facts you learned about the impact you chose:
1.
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
2.
____________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Part
C: Biomes Around the World This seems oddly
familiar… could it be… REVIEW? J
(1) Go
to http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ and
answer the following questions.
(2) What
are the 6 Biomes of the World? ___________,
_____________,
___________,
______________, ___________, ___________
(3) What
are the 3 Freshwater Ecosystems and the 3 Marine Ecosystems?
a. Freshwater
=
b. Marine
=
(4) Click
on one of the six biomes. Choose one topic from the left column.
Write
3 sentences describing the information in this topic.
Do
not copy word for word!
1.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Extra time? Try these
links to Ecosystems Games!
Ecology
Hangman - http://www.quia.com/hm/18276.html?AP_rand=230909879
What’s
My Carbon Footprint? (how much carbon YOU use) - http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx?restart=yes