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ENERGY FLOW WEBQUEST
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classroom and submit it!!
Create Your Own Food Web
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/line_experiment14.swf
Link all organisms together into a proper food web.
1. Which trophic levels does the lizard hold?
2. Which trophic levels does the bird hold?
3. Which trophic level does the plant represent?
4. Which trophic levels does the Jaguar hold?
Food Chains/Webs https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodchains/
Watch the Brain Pop video above and answer the following questions.
1. How are the living creatures in an ecosystem linked?
2. How can the disappearance of just one species disrupt an entire food chain/web?
3. How is a food chain different from a food chain?
4. How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
5. Through what process do producers make their own food?
COOL Projects Food Web Game
http://www.blue-iceberg.net/rutgersfoodweb/frameset.html
When the page loads, please enter your first and last name and what hour you have for your class. Try to
score as close to 100 points as possible!
1. Which organisms were found in the lowest trophic level?
2. Which organisms were found in the 3rd trophic level?
3. Why do you believe there are only 3 top level consumers?
4. What was your total score? ___
Energy Pyramids in Biology
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/314/deploy/interface.html
Pick one of the ecological pyramids represented in the animation and watch and read the information
provided.
1. What do energy pyramids show?
2. What do the layers of an energy pyramid represent?
3. What are the producers, herbivores and carnivores in your chosen energy pyramid?
Energy Flow in Ecosystems http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/tdc02_int_energyflow/
1. How much energy from the sun actually reaches the corn?
2. What does the energy from the sun get used for in the corn?
3. What percent of the sun’s energy get transferred to other organisms?
4. Describe the energy flow in this example.
If you finish early below is a list of websites to visit.
Food Chain Challenge! https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodchains/challenge/
The Food Chain Game
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm
Antarctic Marine Food Web http://d3tt741pwxqwm0.cloudfront.net/WGBH/conv16/conv16-intoceanfoodweb/index.html
Food Fight https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodfight/Ecogame.swf