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Create a Food Chain
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Use the items pictured below to complete the food chain diagram. Write each picture’s
corresponding letter in the correct box.
FOOD CHAIN
Sun
Decomposer
Omnivore
Herbivore
Parasite
Carnivore
Producer
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
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Fill in the Blanks
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Using information found in the book, fill in the missing information below.
and water from the
1. Plants use energy from the
.
.
2. All of the green plants on Earth are
absorb water, which travels inside the plant to the leaves.
3. A plant’s
4. Animals breathe in the
that plants produce.
.
5. Most plants begin life as a small
6. The Venus flytrap uses
as the main source of its food.
is a scientist who studies plants.
7. A
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Mapping Producers
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Read through the list of producers below. Then, write the letter of each producer in the part of
the map where the organism is found in nature. Finally, note in which habitat—aquatic, desert,
forest, grassland, polar ice, or tundra—each producer lives.
ARCTIC
OCEAN
NL
LA
GGRREEEE N
ANNDD
Brooks Range
ASIA
IA
ASIA
NORTH
AMERICA
NORTH
AMERICA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
E U RO
OPE
R OPE
EUROPE
O
Mojave Desert
PACIFIC
OCEAN
A
A FRICA
FRICA
Pitcairn Islands
Marine Reserve
Lal Bagh Gardens
INDIAN OCEAN
OU
UT
SS O
TH
H
ME
ER
R II C
AAM
CAA
AUSTRAL
A U STRALIA
S T R A L IA
A
Pampas
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
SOUTHERN
OCEAN
1000 Miles
E
W
S
0 1000 KM
Parallel scale at
0 north 0 east
Petermann
Island
AN
CTTIICCAA
A NTT A
AR
RC
A
B
Joshua Tree
BIOME
C
D
E
F
Arctic Willow
Pampas Grass
Kapok Tree
Coralline Algae
Antarctic Hairgrass
BIOME
BIOME
BIOME
BIOME
BIOME
BIOMES TO USE
AQUATIC, DESERTS, FORESTS, GRASSLANDS, POLAR ICE, TUNDRA
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Describing Producers
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What physical characteristics make producers different from other types of organisms? In what
ways are they similar to other organisms? Using what you have learned about producers, write a
descriptive paragraph describing the characteristics that make producers unique.
A descriptive paragraph is a group of sentences that describes a noun. A noun is a person,
a place, or a thing. To write a descriptive paragraph, you will need many describing words.
Describing words are called adjectives.
A descriptive paragraph has three parts. The first part is the topic sentence. The topic sentence
is usually the first sentence. It tells readers what the paragraph will be about and catches their
attention. Supporting sentences generally follow the topic sentence. They provide details
explaining or supporting the topic sentence. At the end of a descriptive paragraph, a sentence
wraps up, or summarizes, the ideas expressed in the paragraph.
This is called the concluding sentence. It is usually a strong statement.
Topic Sentence
Supporting Sentence
Concluding Sentence
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Describing Producers
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Producer Energy Pyramid
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Choose a producer from the book. Then, use the producer in an energy pyramid. Next, use
online research and your local library to research plants and animals that might belong in the
same energy pyramid as your chosen producer. Make sure your pyramid shows the flow of
energy through a food chain. This includes the producer, primary consumer, and
tertiary consumer.
Energy Pyramid
Plant/Animal
Category
Sun
Plant/Animal
Category
Plant/Animal
Category
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Quiz
Test your knowledge of producers by answering these
quiz questions. Check your answers in the activity pack.
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1
What is the name for a living thing that can make its own food?
2
About how many plant species are at risk of becoming extinct?
3
What gas do producers put into the air during photosynthesis?
4
About how many species of plants are there in the world?
5
When did the St. Helena olive tree become extinct?
6
What is the smallest flowering plant?
7
What is the name of the green substance in the leaves of plants that is needed
for photosynthesis?
8
How tall can elephant grass grow?
9
What is a scientist who studies plants called?
10
What is the largest type of cactus in the United States?
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Key Words Match-Up
Write the words from the list below in the box above the
correct definition for each word. Check your answers on
page 23 of the book.
adapted
chlorophyll
deciduous
digests
germinate
habitats
minerals
nutrients
producers
stomata
1.
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Your
Score is
= %
6.
the environments in which plants
and animals live
2.
tiny openings on a plant part, such as a
leaf, through which oxygen and other
gases enter and leave the plant
7.
breaks down food so that it can be
used by a plant or animal
3.
changed over time to fit an environment
8.
living things, such as plants,
that produce their own food
sheds leaves each year
9.
4.
substances that provide food for
plants and animals
substances that occur in nature and that
many living things need in small amounts
10.
5.
to begin growth or development
a substance found in the cells of green
plants that is needed for photosynthesis
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Quiz Answer Key
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The saguaro cactus
A botanist
9.
14 feet (4 m)
8.
Chlorophyll
7.
The water-meal
6.
2003
5.
400,000
4.
Oxygen
3.
80,000
2.
An autotroph
1.
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