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1. Choose one of the options below to show how you would draw an arrow connecting the lettuce and Mateo to make a food chain. The arrows in food chains point from the food to the thing eating the food, so the arrow should point FROM the lettuce TO Mateo.

• Lettuce -> Mateo
• Lettuce <- Mateo

2. Use what you read from Mateo’s book to choose a food chain that includes CATERPILLARS, PARSLEY, and BIRDS. Remember, arrows go FROM the food TO the thing eating the food.

• Parsley <- Caterpillars -> Birds
• Parsley -> Caterpillars -> Birds
• Birds -> Parsley -> Caterpillars

3. Why did so many robins come to Mateo’s garden when he planted parsley? The food chain you chose and the information you read might help you explain why this happened.

Answer explanation

THe parsley attracted swallowtail caterpillars. THe swallowtail caterpillars eat the parsley, and the robins eat the swallowtail caterpillars.

Mateo should pull out the parsley plants and plant carrots instead.

• True
• False

Mateo should get a cat to scare the robins away.

• True
• False

Mateo should pull out the parsley plants and plant a bush that grows berries.

• True
• False

5. Select a new food chain that includes GOPHERS. Your food chain MUST include gophers, but it might not include all of the other living things mentioned in Mateo’s gardening book. Be sure the arrows point in the correct direction!

• Parsley -> Gophers
• Parsley <- Gophers
• Parsley -> Gophers -> Caterpillars

6. Mateo wants parsley. Will the gophers help him have more parsley? Why or why not? Look back to the food chains you’ve chosen to help answer this question.

7. Mateo wants to get rid of the swallowtail caterpillars. Will the gophers help him get rid of the swallowtail caterpillars? Why or why not? Look back to the food chains you’ve chosen to help answer this question.