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Food Webs

Food Webs

Assessment

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Science

5th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-2

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4 Slides • 7 Questions

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Food Webs

Overlapping Food Chains within an Ecosystem.

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Food Chains

  • one single path of energy flow within an ecosystem

  • Example: Tundra

  • What is the producer?

  • How do producers get their food?

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3

Scavengers/Decomposers

  • What role do scavengers have?

  • Who is the Scavenger?

  • Who is the decomposer in this food chain?

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4

Multiple Choice

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Who is the first level consumer in this food chain?

1

wolf

2

mushroom

3

arctic moss

4

caribou

5

Fill in the Blank

The ___________ is the decomposer for this tundra food chain.

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Multiple Choice

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Who is the top predator in this tundra food chain?

1

wolf

2

caribou

3

reindeer moss

4

bird

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Food Webs

  • overlapping food chains

  • organisms usually eat more than one type of food

  • food webs are more accurate pictures of what happens in different ecosystems

  • ARROWS: show energy flow

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8

Multiple Select

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Click on the producers in this food web.

1

oak acorns

2

kinglet

3

red-tailed hawk

4

pine tree

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Multiple Select

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Click on all of the primary consumers in this food chain.

1

corn snake

2

pine-borer insect

3

mouse

4

red-tailed hawk

10

Open Ended

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Write one food chain within this web. START with a producer.

11

Open Ended

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Why do you think the arrows pointing toward the decomposers are blue?

Food Webs

Overlapping Food Chains within an Ecosystem.

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