Life Science

Introduction to Life Science

4th and 5th grade

Life Science

Today, we will be learning about life science

Life Science Definition

Life science is a branch of science that deals with living organisms and life processes. Examples: Biology and medicine.

Things we will be learning more about:

4th Grade: Environment, habitats, habitat change, adaptations, fossils, and fossil evidence

5th grade: Inherited traits, genetics, environmental changes, climate change

What do you already know?

Let's find out what you know. I have some questions for you. Let's go!

Multiple Choice

Which part of the life cycle is missing?

Multiple Choice

This animal is an .......

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Multiple Choice

All members of one kind of organism that live in the same area

• population

• microorganism

• communit

• organism

Multiple Choice

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.

• How carnivores get their food.

Multiple Choice

Sunlight -> Red coco plant -> Spider Monkey -> What comes next in this food chain?

• fungi

• Jaguar

• Shark

• Spider

Multiple Choice

All living and non living things that interact in an area. 

• School
• Home
• Ecosystem
• environment 

Multiple Choice

How do plants get energy?

• Photosynthesis

• Eating other plants

• Respiration

• hydroponics

Multiple Choice

Guess: how far back is the generally agreed upon oldest fossil rock record of life?

• 500 Million Years ago

• 3.5 Billion Years ago

• 10 Billion Years ago

Multiple Choice

What part of an animal helps it process what it senses?

• tongue
• brain
• teeth
• whiskers

Multiple Choice

Seeds

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Multiple Choice

Is a Toad a

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Multiple Choice

Plants use photosynthesis to make

• water

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

• sugar

Multiple Choice

Which organism is a decomposer?

• frog

• worm

• oak tree

• grasshopper

Multiple Choice

An organism that eats grass and insects is

• an herbivore

• a producer

• prey

• an omnivore

Independent work due today

Watch the PBS Video Nature Works: Adaptation

Take notes on the first 5 minutes of the video. Watch the remainder of the video. Turn in a photo of your notes.

Here is an example of the notes I took while watching the first 5 minutes of the video

page 1

Here is an example of the notes I took while watching the first 5 minutes of the video

Page 2

Adaptation

https://www.pbs.org/video/natureworks-adaptation/