Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Ecology Activity

Explore the following sites and then answer the questions following each...

Food Chain Game...
1. Define omnivores, state their examples.
2. Define carnivores, state their examples.
3. Define herbivores, state their examples.
4. Write out the Forest food chain. What will happen if you remove the frogs?
5. Write the Northern food chain. What will happen if you remove the fish?


Sunny Meadows...
1. Record the number of Foxes, Rabbits, and Plants that you chose.
2. Run that scenario for at least 30 years (record the time you stop at).
3. Once you've stopped the game, record the final number of Foxes, Rabbits and Plants.
4. Choose the GRAPH view and draw a rough sketch of what you see (label the parts).
5. Choose the BIOMASS view and draw the pyramid you see (label the levels).


Food Webs...
Explore the four food webs...
1. Were they really easy to do; what made them tough?
2. What makes a food web more complicated to make (and follow) than the food chain?


Food Webs...
Choose one the three food webs to explore.
1. Name the CONSUMERS in your web.
2. Name the PRODUCERS in your web.
3. Did you have any DECOMPOSERS, if so what were they?


Interactive Food Web...
Choose three (3) organisms...remove one at a time. (will reset in between choices)
1. Tell me the organism you removed, then tell me the organism or organisms that THRIVE in the end (with green plus signs).
***do this 3 times!!***


If you are done before end of period...continue to review past topics on the blog, may play the games for other topics through MY LINKS ONLY!!

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