Web Quest: Ecology

Directions:

The purpose of this activity is to give you a self-discovery of Ecological topics. The websites have been carefully chosen to interest you and the questions challenge you to make a personal commitment to what you like, believe, or feel. Good luck and have fun learning about Ecology 7th Grade!
Using the Web allows you to discover way more than you may have ever thought possible and is a great complement to the materials found in our textbook. Below is a list of questions about ecology. Review the links on this page to find answers to the questions.

Use these sights and others that you may find on your on to answer the following questions. You may answer the questions alone or by working in a group. If work is completed in a group each student should have an individual document to submit. Please give picture examples with your responses to each question. You may google image search a photo, then copy and paste into your document.

Sites to Explore (remember to copy and paste your answers & pictures)
Symbiosis http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/symbiosis.htm

Questions:

Describe mutualism and give three examples (with pictures).

Describe commensalism and give three examples (with pictures).

Describe parasitism and give three examples (with pictures).

Food Webs/Chains http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

Questions:

Explain that a food web and energy pyramid demonstrates that energy is transferred and recycled among organisms and their environment.

Identify decomposers, producers, primary and secondary consumers and decomposers on a food web.

Explain that the sun is the primary source of energy for the living world.

Ecosystems http://eschooltoday.com/ecosystems/levels-of-organisation-in-an-ecosystem.html

Questions:

Explain the difference between habitats, populations, communities and ecosystems.

Expound how organisms depend on one another as well as their environment for survival.

Explain how limiting factors such as food and water affect the survival of different organisms (drought, habitat destruction, etc.)