Webquest - Ecology

Webquest - Ecology

- Living vs. Nonliving

1) Answer the 20 questions about living vs. nonliving things and read about each

item as you go.

- How do organisms interact in an ecosystem

1)In your journal define the terms at the top of the page in blue.

Click on the link:

2)Recreate the food web and answer questions 1-7 in your journal

Click on the link:

3)Record answers to questions 1-4 in your journal.

- Working on the food chains

1)Read the story and click the arrow in the lower right corner to continue reading

2)Write two paragraphs explaining what you learned.

- Food Webs

1) Follow the directions for the 4 different food webs.

2) On the paper provided, list out the 4 different food webs.

3) As you go, for each food web, write the organisms that you label as:

scavengers, carnivores, herbivores/omnivores, producers and decomposers

4) Complete the whodunit for each food web.

- ReviseWise Science

1)Read and follow the directions for this site activity.

2)Click Science Living Things  Food chains activity

3)Complete ALL of the Revision bite read, play, and quiz

4)Write the answers to the quiz (1-10) in your journal

Chain Reaction

1) Read about the different energy roles.

2) Put together the food chain and check your answers.

3) On the paper provided, explain why removing one organism (ex: frog) from a food chain can be a problem.

- Fun with Food Webs

1) Click on Meadow Food Web.

2) Follow the directions.

3) List out 4 food chains in this food web.

4) Record answers on the paper provided.

5) Do the same things for the Arctic and Pond food webs.

- Food Chain Crossword Puzzle

1) Follow the directions.

2) On the paper provided, list out the 13 words you filled in on your puzzle. There is no particular order to the list the terms.

- Biodiversity

1) Read about Food and Energy Pyramids.

2) Click on the different areas and follow the instructions given.

**NO WRITING on this site**

- What is a Biome?

1) Click on each biome and read about its characteristics.

2) List each biome on your paper.

3) For each biome, list some of the plants and animals that would be found there.

4) You can also click on the animals in that biome and read more about them as

well as see pictures of them.