Names
______________________, ____________________________, Period______
___________________________, ____________________________
Ecology Webquest!
PartA. Ecosystems and Food Webs
I. FOOD CHAINS
(1)Go to http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/
and click on “play the game” to begin. Click on the NEXT button to answer the questions below:
1. A person is called a _____________________________________ because they eat meat & vegetables.
2. Food gives people and animals __________________________________.
3. ________________________ are animals that only eat meat.
4. ________________________ are animals that only eat plants.
(2) Choose the Forest Food Chain. Drag and drop the images until your food chain is correct. Then answer the questions:
1. What is the correct order for your food chain? Place them in the correct order.
2. What 5 things happen if you take the frog out of the food chain?
1. ______________________________________________
________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________
II. FOOD WEBS
(1) Go to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
and choose one of the three food webs. Put the food web together!
Consumers – are living things that need producers to be their food (animals and people)
Producers – living things which take the non living matter from the environment (plants)
Decomposers – living things which feed off of dead plants and animals (bacteria, fungi)
(2) Using the information in the table above answer the following questions about your food chain:
We chose ____________________food chain.
Name a consumer in your food web _______________________________
Name a producer in your food web ________________________________
Name a decomposer in your food web ______________________________
(3) Go to http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm and choose one of the food webs. Use the info from parts I and II to put the food web together. (Hint: A top-level carnivore is something that preys on other carnivores and it has no predators.)
We chose _______________ food web.
Name a consumer in your food web ________________________________
Name a producer in your food web ________________________________
Name a herbivore in your food web ________________________________
Name a carnivore in your food web ________________________________
III. NUTRIENT CYCLING
A. Carbon Cycle
(1) Go to http://scied.ucar.edu/carbon-cycle
Complete scene 1 by clicking the green “1” button.
(2) Name 2 places on the earth we find carbon:
1. __________________________ 2. ______________________
(3) Go to http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html, read about the carbon cycle and fill in the blanks below:
Plants pull carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere to make food, through a process called ____________________.
Through food chains animals get ____________ from the plants and other animals they eat.
When plants and animals die their bodies ____________, and carbon goes back into the ground.
Some carbon is buried deep in the ground and forms ________________________.
When humans burn fossil fuels, ________________ is released back into the atmosphere.
When humans and animals exhale, they release carbon back into the air by a process called ______________________________.
B. Nitrogen Cycle
Go to the website http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/nitrogen_cycle.html&edu=mid and read about the nitrogen cycle and answer the questions below:
1. What are 2 ways nitrogen becomes useable to plants, humans and animals:
________________________________
________________________________
2. How do herbivores obtain the nitrogen they need?
_________________________________________________________
3. How is nitrogen returned to the atmosphere?
_________________________________________________________
4. What are two ways humans impact the nitrogen cycle:
1.________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________
IV. POPULATION
Go to http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html read about population and answer the following questions:
1. What is population __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
2. Two things that increase a population
a. ______________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________
3. Two things that decrease a population:
a. _____________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________
V. BIODIVERSITY
Go to http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823180459.htm and answer the following questions:
1. What is biodiversity? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. What is the estimated number of species existing on Earth today? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. How many species have been named? (a) _________________________________
Why may this number actually be too high? (b) ______________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
4. What is a species? _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.
Part II : Impact of Human Activity on Ecosystems
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823180459.htm
Choose and read about two of many impacts that humans have on ecosystems from the list below:
Impact of Human Activity on Ecosystems
Deforestation
Human Soil Erosion
Extinction of Species
Fires
Pollution
Greenhouse Effect
List two facts you learned about the impact you chose: (Be prepared to briefly present or discuss your findings to/with the class tomorrow).
A.
1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
B.
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
Part III: Biomes Around the World
(1) Go to http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ and answer the following questions:
(2) What are the 6 Biomes of the World?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(3) What are the 3 Freshwater Ecosystems and the 3 Marine Ecosystems?
a. Freshwater =
b. Marine =
(4) Complete the table on the next page for each biome.
___________________________, ____________________________
Ecology Webquest!
PartA. Ecosystems and Food Webs
I. FOOD CHAINS
(1)Go to http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/
and click on “play the game” to begin. Click on the NEXT button to answer the questions below:
1. A person is called a _____________________________________ because they eat meat & vegetables.
2. Food gives people and animals __________________________________.
3. ________________________ are animals that only eat meat.
4. ________________________ are animals that only eat plants.
(2) Choose the Forest Food Chain. Drag and drop the images until your food chain is correct. Then answer the questions:
1. What is the correct order for your food chain? Place them in the correct order.
2. What 5 things happen if you take the frog out of the food chain?
1. ______________________________________________
________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________
II. FOOD WEBS
(1) Go to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
and choose one of the three food webs. Put the food web together!
Consumers – are living things that need producers to be their food (animals and people)
Producers – living things which take the non living matter from the environment (plants)
Decomposers – living things which feed off of dead plants and animals (bacteria, fungi)
(2) Using the information in the table above answer the following questions about your food chain:
We chose ____________________food chain.
Name a consumer in your food web _______________________________
Name a producer in your food web ________________________________
Name a decomposer in your food web ______________________________
(3) Go to http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm and choose one of the food webs. Use the info from parts I and II to put the food web together. (Hint: A top-level carnivore is something that preys on other carnivores and it has no predators.)
We chose _______________ food web.
Name a consumer in your food web ________________________________
Name a producer in your food web ________________________________
Name a herbivore in your food web ________________________________
Name a carnivore in your food web ________________________________
III. NUTRIENT CYCLING
A. Carbon Cycle
(1) Go to http://scied.ucar.edu/carbon-cycle
Complete scene 1 by clicking the green “1” button.
(2) Name 2 places on the earth we find carbon:
1. __________________________ 2. ______________________
(3) Go to http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html, read about the carbon cycle and fill in the blanks below:
Plants pull carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere to make food, through a process called ____________________.
Through food chains animals get ____________ from the plants and other animals they eat.
When plants and animals die their bodies ____________, and carbon goes back into the ground.
Some carbon is buried deep in the ground and forms ________________________.
When humans burn fossil fuels, ________________ is released back into the atmosphere.
When humans and animals exhale, they release carbon back into the air by a process called ______________________________.
B. Nitrogen Cycle
Go to the website http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/nitrogen_cycle.html&edu=mid and read about the nitrogen cycle and answer the questions below:
1. What are 2 ways nitrogen becomes useable to plants, humans and animals:
________________________________
________________________________
2. How do herbivores obtain the nitrogen they need?
_________________________________________________________
3. How is nitrogen returned to the atmosphere?
_________________________________________________________
4. What are two ways humans impact the nitrogen cycle:
1.________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________
IV. POPULATION
Go to http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html read about population and answer the following questions:
1. What is population __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
2. Two things that increase a population
a. ______________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________
3. Two things that decrease a population:
a. _____________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________
V. BIODIVERSITY
Go to http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823180459.htm and answer the following questions:
1. What is biodiversity? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. What is the estimated number of species existing on Earth today? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. How many species have been named? (a) _________________________________
Why may this number actually be too high? (b) ______________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
4. What is a species? _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.
Part II : Impact of Human Activity on Ecosystems
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823180459.htm
Choose and read about two of many impacts that humans have on ecosystems from the list below:
Impact of Human Activity on Ecosystems
Deforestation
Human Soil Erosion
Extinction of Species
Fires
Pollution
Greenhouse Effect
List two facts you learned about the impact you chose: (Be prepared to briefly present or discuss your findings to/with the class tomorrow).
A.
1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
B.
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
Part III: Biomes Around the World
(1) Go to http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ and answer the following questions:
(2) What are the 6 Biomes of the World?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(3) What are the 3 Freshwater Ecosystems and the 3 Marine Ecosystems?
a. Freshwater =
b. Marine =
(4) Complete the table on the next page for each biome.