Tuesday 3/11 - ER 1.6

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20 Nsɛmmisa

The Role of Food in an Ecosystem

Modeling the Flow of Matter

Writing About Rainforest Animals - Independent Practice

Question: How do the animals (sloth and jaguar) in the rainforest ecosystem grow and thrive?

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Criteria For Success:

Identify what the animal eats.
Explain how the animal use food molecules to grow.
Explain how the animal use other food molecules.

Reading Matter Makes It All Up

Review

Exit Ticket

Tuesday 3/11 - ER 1.6

Last updated about 12 hours ago

20 Nsɛmmisa

The Role of Food in an Ecosystem

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What is happening in the picture on the left?

What is happening in the picture on the right?

Animals grow by changing molecules.

Animals use some food molecules to release and

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the zebra?
The zebra uses food molecules to _____________

What does the cheetah eat?

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the cheetah?
The cheetah uses food molecules to _____________

Writing About Rainforest Animals - Independent Practice

Question: How do the animals (sloth and jaguar) in the rainforest ecosystem grow and thrive?

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Criteria For Success:

Identify what the animal eats.
Explain how the animal use food molecules to grow.
Explain how the animal use other food molecules.

How do the animals (sloth and jaguar) in the rainforest ecosystem grow and thrive?
Sloths and jaguars grow by _______. The sloths eat _ and use food molecules to _. Sloths also use food molecules for_. The jaguars eat _ and use food molecules to _. Jaguars also use food molecules for_______.

Reading Matter Makes It All Up

You will read the rest of Matter Makes It All Up. As you read, think about where all the food molecules for that ecosystem come from.

DIRECTIONS: Read page 14-19 by clicking HERE.

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Check For Understanding: According to page 14, what do the arrows in a food chain show?

Check For Understanding:
According to page 16, what does a food web show?

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Start with the algae and follow the arrows up to the alligator. Use the food web to fill in the food chain below.

Algae → → → → Alligator

Review

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How do animals (use food molecules) to grow?

How do animals use energy?

Exit Ticket

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Use the food web to fill in the blanks below.

Start with the cordgrass and follow

the arrows to the human. What eats what in this ecosystem?

cordgrass →→

A) Algae → mummichog → raccoon → snowy egret

B) Algae → cordgrass

C) Raccoon → snowy egret → mummichog → algae

D) Algae → mummichog → snowy egret → raccoon

Tuesday 3/11 - ER 1.6

Tuesday 3/11 - ER 1.6

What is happening in the picture on the left?

What is happening in the picture on the right?

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the zebra?
The zebra uses food molecules to _____________

What does the cheetah eat?

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the cheetah?
The cheetah uses food molecules to _____________

How do the animals (sloth and jaguar) in the rainforest ecosystem grow and thrive?
Sloths and jaguars grow by _______. The sloths eat _ and use food molecules to _. Sloths also use food molecules for_. The jaguars eat _ and use food molecules to _. Jaguars also use food molecules for_______.

Check For Understanding: According to page 14, what do the arrows in a food chain show?

Check For Understanding:
According to page 16, what does a food web show?

How do animals (use food molecules) to grow?

How do animals use energy?

What is happening in the picture on the left?

What is happening in the picture on the right?

What does the zebra eat?

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the zebra?
The zebra uses food molecules to _____________

What does the cheetah eat?

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the cheetah?
The cheetah uses food molecules to _____________

What do you think the arrows represent in this model?

Check For Understanding: According to page 14, what do the arrows in a food chain show?

Check For Understanding:
According to page 16, what does a food web show?

How do animals (use food molecules) to grow?

How do animals use energy?

Tazaria looks at the food web above and says “if the snowy egrets die, then the raccoons will have nothing to eat and the racoons will die too.
Do you agree or disagree with Tazaria?

Explain your answer. Use evidence from the food web.

What happens to food after an animal eats it? Select all that apply

What do you think the arrows represent in this model?

Tazaria looks at the food web above and says “if the snowy egrets die, then the raccoons will have nothing to eat and the racoons will die too.
Do you agree or disagree with Tazaria?

Explain your answer. Use evidence from the food web.

Tuesday 3/11 - ER 1.6

Tuesday 3/11 - ER 1.6

What is happening in the picture on the left?

What is happening in the picture on the right?

Check For Understanding:What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the zebra?The zebra uses food molecules to _____________

What does the cheetah eat?

Check For Understanding:What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the cheetah?The cheetah uses food molecules to _____________

Check For Understanding: According to page 14, what do the arrows in a food chain show?

Check For Understanding:According to page 16, what does a food web show?

How do animals (use food molecules) to grow?

How do animals use energy?

What is happening in the picture on the left?

What is happening in the picture on the right?

What does the zebra eat?

Check For Understanding:What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the zebra?The zebra uses food molecules to _____________

What does the cheetah eat?

Check For Understanding:What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the cheetah?The cheetah uses food molecules to _____________

What do you think the arrows represent in this model?

Check For Understanding: According to page 14, what do the arrows in a food chain show?

Check For Understanding:According to page 16, what does a food web show?

How do animals (use food molecules) to grow?

How do animals use energy?

Tazaria looks at the food web above and says “if the snowy egrets die, then the raccoons will have nothing to eat and the racoons will die too. Do you agree or disagree with Tazaria?

Explain your answer. Use evidence from the food web.

What happens to food after an animal eats it? Select all that apply

What do you think the arrows represent in this model?

Tazaria looks at the food web above and says “if the snowy egrets die, then the raccoons will have nothing to eat and the racoons will die too. Do you agree or disagree with Tazaria?

Explain your answer. Use evidence from the food web.

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the zebra?
The zebra uses food molecules to _____________

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the cheetah?
The cheetah uses food molecules to _____________

Check For Understanding:
According to page 16, what does a food web show?

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the zebra?
The zebra uses food molecules to _____________

Check For Understanding:
What are two things that happen to the food molecules once they are eaten by the cheetah?
The cheetah uses food molecules to _____________

Check For Understanding:
According to page 16, what does a food web show?

Tazaria looks at the food web above and says “if the snowy egrets die, then the raccoons will have nothing to eat and the racoons will die too.
Do you agree or disagree with Tazaria?

Tazaria looks at the food web above and says “if the snowy egrets die, then the raccoons will have nothing to eat and the racoons will die too.
Do you agree or disagree with Tazaria?