Food webs

HISD 5th Grade Science
Food Webs

Re-teach L 18
April 15, 2024

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Food Webs

LO: SWBAT describe the flow of energy within a food
web, including the roles of the Sun producers, consumers,
and decomposers

DOL: Given scenarios, SW correctly explain and identify
the flow of energy within a food web, including the roles
of the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers in at
least 4 of 5 questions.

SCI5.9B Describe the flow of energy within a food web, including the roles of the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers.

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Essential Understandings &

Guiding Questions

What are food chains?

What are food webs?

How are food chains and food webs similar?

Different?

Open Ended

How are food chains and food webs similar and different?

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Lesson Vocabulary

food chain

food web

producer

consumer

decomposer

carnivore

omnivore

herbivore

Match

Match the following

Food web

Food chain

Carnivore

Omnivore

Herbivore

• Food web

• Food chain

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

Energy transfer

The transfer of
food energy from
one organism to
the next in an
ecological
community is
called a
_______________.

food chain

food
chain

La transferencia de
energía alimentaria
de un organismo a
otro en una
comunidad
ecológica se llama
_______________.

Cadena

Alimenticia

Open Ended

Name the herbivores and carnivores.

If you finish soon, infer which ones can be also omnivores

Decomposers consume
__________ or __________
organisms for nutrients. They
eat everything from fallen leaves,
seeds and fruits, to dead insects
and animals.

Decomposers

decaying

dead

Earthworm

s

BacteriaMushrooms

Los descomponedores
consumen organismos
__________ o __________
para obtener nutrientes.
Comen de todo, desde
hojas caídas, semillas y
frutas hasta insectos y
animales muertos.

descompuestos

Muertos

Open Ended

How can you differentiate a decomposer of a consumer?

Open Ended

How many carnivores are represented in the food web. Explain your reasoning

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The diets of several types of prairie animals are

described in the table below.

Create a food web using the table shown.

Crea una red alimentaria usando la tabla que se muestra.

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DOL: Given scenarios,
SW correctly explain
and identify the flow
of energy within a food
web, including the
roles of the Sun,
producers, consumers,
and decomposers in at
least 4 of 5 questions.