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Food Webs
Create a food chain of consumers, producers and decomposers in the circles below.
Then explain in the space below how the food web works.
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Meerkats
True or False
Meerkats are carnivores – they only eat animals.
Some of their favorite foods include fruits, insects and lizards.
Meerkats use their short arms for balance.
They stand two feet tall.
These animals live in underground tunnels called
burrows.
The whole clan helps to take care of pups by
babysitting and feeding them.
A Meerkat is a small mammal that lives in Africa.
Meerkats are part of the cat family.
Meerkats play an important role in the desert,
because they help to keep insect and rodent populations
under control.
Meerkats are also a very important food source for
animals such as eagles and jackals.
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Cultural Connections
After watching the YouTube video and reading the article about the Maasai people singing and
dancing, answer the following questions:
1. What types of rhythms and moves are expressed in this type
of dance?
2. Maasai people are called nomads. What are nomads?
3. Why do the young men perform the jumping dance?
4. Tell one or two reasons Maasai people perform dances.
5. Tell something specific about the motions of a Maasai dance.
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Where in the World Is the Serengeti?
Read the article about the Serengeti then write or draw about the following:
MAIN IDEA:
DETAILS ABOUT THE ANIMALS:
DETAILS ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE:
DETAILS ABOUT THE CLIMATE:
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Food Webs Answer Key
Create a food chain of consumers, producers and decomposers in the circles below.
Then explain in the space below how the food web works.
plants or
greenery
things like
grasshoppers
or other bugs
things like
snakes
fish or
rats
things like
hawks, raccoons
or sharks
The food chain is the example of how each living thing gets food and nutrients and energy, and how it is passed from animal to animal
and so on. Some organisms use the sun which produces sun light for plants. Another example is a grasshopper who receives nutrients
from the grass then is eaten by the frog a second consumer and so on down the food chain. It all starts that way - one consumer or
animal eating another then another and so on down the food chain. The food chain is made up of herbivores, carnivores, omnivores,
and decomposers. The animals in the food chain are called consumers and there many levels. Humans are consumers they are at the
top of the food chain.
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Meerkats
Answer Key
True or False
Meerkats are carnivores – they only eat animals.
(F)
Some of their favorite fruits, insects, and lizards.
(T)
Meerkats use their short arms for balance.
(F)
They stand two feet tall.
(F)
These animals live in underground tunnels called
burrows.
The whole clan helps to take care of pups by
babysitting and feeding them.
(T)
(T)
A Meerkat is a small mammal that lives in Africa.
(T)
Meerkats are part of the cat family.
(F)
Meerkats play an important role in the desert,
because they help to keep insect and rodent populations
under control.
Meerkats are also a very important food source for
animals such as eagles and jackals.
(T)
(T)
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Cultural Connections
Answer Key
After watching the YouTube video and reading the article about the Maasai people singing and
dancing, answer the following questions:
1. What types of rhythms and moves are expressed in this type
of dance? It is called the adumu, the jumping dance.
2. Maasai people are called nomads. What are nomads? People
that roam the country looking for fresh food for their flocks
rather than living in a house.
3. Why do the young men perform the jumping dance? To
show their strength and stamina as warriors.
4. Tell one or two reasons Maasai people perform dances: For
special occasions or just for fun
5. Tell something specific about the motions of a Maasai dance:
It’s a lot of bending, but other than jumping, their feel usually
stay on the ground.
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Where in the World Is the Serengeti?
Answer Key
MAIN IDEA:
The Serengeti is not a country; it is an ecosystem
that spans two countries and several reserves and
national parks in Africa.
DETAILS ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE: students should
draw or write something with the following details:
• It is a large lush landscape of open grasslands bordered
by harsh rocky hills.
• It is mostly plains, but acai trees also grow and provide
food and shade for many of the animals.
DETAILS ABOUT THE ANIMALS: students should
draw or write something with the following details:
DETAILS ABOUT THE CLIMATE: students should
draw or write something with the following details:
• It is home to many different species of animals such as
lions, elephants, gazelles, zebras and hyenas.
• The weather can be extremely harsh.
It is a very warm and dry climate.