Ms. Lightbourne’s P6 class learned about plants and animals that live at Spittal Pond.
Read the statements in questions 1 -7 . Which ones are true and which ones are false?
Question 1
1.
Question 2
2.
Question 3
3.
Question 4
4.
Question 5
5.
Question 6
6.
Question 7
7.
Watch the video below on how to show your own work. It will help you with questions 8 and14.
On the Field Trip
Questions 8-13 are all based on the information above.
Question 8
8.
Create a food chain based on the information above.
Click on "show your work"
Type the name of the organisms on the lines. Draw in the arrows between each organism.
Click the blue check mark in the corner when you are done.
Question 9
9.
Question 10
10.
Where do producers get their food from?
Question 11
11.
Question 12
12.
Question 13
13.
Question 14
14.
For the last question, you will create your own food chain.
Click on "show your work" and then follow the instructions to create your own food chain.
Click the blue check mark in the corner when you are done.
Data Handling
Yellow crowned night herons like to eat land crabs. Land crabs live on the small field at Gilbert Institute primary school. One teacher has been monitoring the numbers of crabs and herons seen on the field for many years. Here is what she found:
Look at the data above and select the correct answer to complete each statement.
Question 15
15.
Question 16
16.
Question 17
17.
Do you think the number of herons had an effect on the number of land crabs in the area?
Question 18
18.
Look at your answer to question 17.
Why do you think this happened?
Consumers make their own food via phtotsynthesis.
True
False
Food chains show relationships between what different organisms eat in a habitat.
True
False
Food chains begin with a consumer.
True
False
Almost all producers get their energy from the Sun.
True
False
Animals are called consumers because they eat other organisms.
True
False
Predators are eaten by prey.
True
False
A predator can be a carnivore or a herbivore.
True
False
Which organism in the food chain above is the producer?
kiskadee
mosquitofish
the Sun
phytoplankton
mosquito larvae
Identify organisms from this food chainthat are predators.
the Sun
kiskadee
mosquitofish
phytoplankton
mosquito larvae
Identify organisms from this food chainthat are prey.
phytoplankton
the Sun
kiskadee
mosquitofish
mosquito larvae
Identify organisms from this food chainthat are consumers.
phytoplankton
kiskadee
mosquitofish
the Sun
mosquito larvae
On average, the number of land crabs seen over the years:
stayed the same
increased
decreased
What do you notice about the number of herons seen over the years?