This is HL 6. If you use a different color to make the graph, be sure to note the colors you use. You are turning this sheet in on Monday.
This is the do now sheet.
Students will be able to:
use information from the internet, supplemental texts, and classroom discussions to
-investigate feeding relationships and determine the food chain.
-use bar graphs and line graphs to show changes in populations in an ecosystem over time.
-utilize the metric system for scientific measurement and be able to convert measurements within that system.
The do now was a handout sheet on feeding relationships. You can find a copy at the top of this report. Also, find the home learning #6 at the top of this page.
Students discussed and wrote notes, which include:
Food chain- a series of graphs showing the flow of energy from one organism to another.
Food web - two or more related food chains.
producer-a plant that makes its own food using energy from the sun; is the first step of a food chain.
consumer-an organism that eats other organisms.
herbivore-an organism that eats only plants or producers.
carnivore-an organism that eats only other consumers, or other animals.
omnivore-an organism that eats both plants and animals, or producers and consumers.
primary consumer-eats producers or plants.
secondary consumer-eats primary consumers.
tertiary consumer-eats secondary consumers.
quaternary consumer-eats tertiary consumers.
predator-a consumer that hunts other animals, or prey, for food.
prey-animals that are hunted and eaten by predators.
scavenger-an organism that feeds on dead organisms.
decomposer-organisms that break down dead organisms, such as earthworms, fungi, and bacteria.