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Ecosystems: Webquest 1

Animal Adaptations:

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm[a]

  1. What is an Adaptation[b]? [pic 1]

Animal

Adaptations

Possible Reason for adaptation?

polar bear

Large canine teeth.
White hair.
good sense of smell.


Hunting for food.
Camouflage in the snow.
Good sense of smell for hunting prey.

beluga whale

Thick layer of blubber.
Echolocation.  
Long ridge on back.


Thermal protection and stores energy.
Help them hunt with sense of hearing.
Bigger body make other animals scared of
it[c]?

Blandings Turtle

Brown/yellow spots.
Claws on front feet.
Webbed feet.

Can camouflage in the rocks.
Kill prey.
Swim better in the ocean.

Monach Butterfly

Veins filled with air.
Hairs on legs for tasting.
Poisonous juice in bodies

Keep predictors away.
Tasting with there
legs[d].
Kills the prey when it eats the butterfly.

  1. Complete the following activities online: [pic 2]

Design several habitats for different animals

http://www.switcheroozoo.com/games/habitatgame.htm

Build a Habitat:

http://www.arkive.org/education/games/design-a-habitat

Food chains and Webs Intro activity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/organisms_behaviour_health/food_chains/activity.shtml

Term

Definition and Example  

Consumer

An animal that eats another animal.

Producer

A plant that is able to produce its own food.

Predator

An originalism that is preying on other originalism’s.

Prey

An animal that is being hunted by other animals.

Food Chain

A series of organisms that depend on next source of food[e].

What is the ecological pyramid? What information does it show us? [pic 3]

What happens to the pyramid if a large number of foxes are born? [pic 4]

How is a food web different from a food chain[f]? [pic 5]

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Food Chain (Simplified):

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.cfm

What does each food chain begin with? How is it related to plants? [pic 6]

Complete both the Northern and Forest food chains. Draw them below.

Northern Food Chain [pic 7]

Forest Food Chain[pic 8]

Food Web Activity:

Go to the following website and complete the food web:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/line_experiment14.swf

Draw the completed food web below.[pic 9]

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