What materials do all plants (and producers) need in order to make their food?
What do we call the chemical reaction when producers make their own food?
Use the food chain model to answer the following questions:
The snake gets the food molecules that it needs to grow and thrive by eating ___________
How does a tarantula get the molecules that it needs for energy and to build its body? Fill out the evidence statement below:
Sentence starter:
On the food web above it shows that the tarantula gets its food molecules from __________________________.
Use the food web model and the vocabulary words below to answer the following questions:
Producer - any organism that makes its own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
Consumer - any organism that eats other organisms for food
Herbivore - animal that eats plants, algae, or plankton
Carnivore - animal that eats other animals
Omnivore - animal that eats both plants and animals
What organism is the PRODUCER in this food web?
The trout gives energy to which 2 organisms?
The salamander gets energy from which 2 organisms?
Back in lesson ER 1.5, we gathered evidence about animals needing energy for movement and growth.
Key Point: Animals use some food molecules to release energy for movement and growth.
Key Point: Animals use some food molecules to release energy for movement and growth.
Is this also true for plants?
Click on the link
https://apps.learning.amplify.com/ecosystemrestoration/
You're going to use the sim to answer 2 questions:
1) What do plants use energy for?
2) Where does energy in the ecosystem come from?
Do plants use some food molecules to release energy for movement and growth.
What evidence did you find that shows plants use or do not use some food molecules for energy?
Sentence starter:
In the simulation, it shows ________________________________________________________________________
We know that the food molecules in an ecosystem come from plants. But - Where does energy in an ecosystem come from? We’ll investigate TWO possible claims and look for evidence in the Simulation.
Where does energy in an ecosystem come from?
Which claim do you think is correct, claim 1 or claim 2?
Open the simulation.
Then, press play and observe where energy comes from for each organism.
HINT: It will be easier to trace the energy by turning energy on and matter off.
Then, answer the questions below.
For each organism below, choose where you think it gets its energy.
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
sun | arrow_right_alt | The wolf gets energy from the ____________ |
dead organisms | arrow_right_alt | The rabbit gets energy from the ____________ |
plant | arrow_right_alt | The plant gets energy from the ____________ |
rabbit | arrow_right_alt | The mushroom gets energy from the ____________ |
Trace the path that energy flows in the ecosystem. Where does energy in an ecosystem come from?
Sentence starter:
Energy in an ecosystem comes from the ____________________________
What evidence did you find in the simulation that shows where energy in the ecosystem comes from?
Sentence starter:
In the simulation, it shows ________________________________________________________________________
Explain where energy in the ecosystem comes from.
- How do plants use energy?
- How does energy flow (move) through the organisms (living things) in the ecosystem?
- Think about how animals get the energy need and use to grow and move.
Sentence starters:
Plants use energy from the ____________________ to ______________________________________
Energy flows (moves) through the ecosystem when ____________________________________
The mouse gets the food molecules that it needs to grow and thrive by eating ___________
The hawk gets the food molecules that it needs to grow and thrive by eating ___________
The eagle is a(n) ______________
The dragonfly is a(n) __________
The trout is a(n) ______________