Examples and information for the
12 Box Review
1. In box #1 write your Name, Date,
and Homeroom Teacher. Draw a quick
symbol that represents your favorite
Science topic so far. For example, draw
a circuit if your favorite topic was
electricity
Example Box 1
Name: Mr. Dunbar
Date: 3/25/2015
Homeroom: Me
2. In box #2 write the words “Food Web” at
the top. Now draw a food web. Label / explain
your picture. Make sure to explain the following
words: producer, consumer, carnivore,
herbivore, omnivore, decomposer, food web,
and food chain. Think about the following
questions: From what source do all food chains
and food webs get their energy? What are the
different parts of a food web? How does the
energy flow from one organism to the next in a
food chain?
Example Box 2
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The arrows in a food chain and food
web represent the flow of energy.
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Consumers and decomposers get their
energy from producers or other
consumers.
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The different parts of a food web are
producers, consumers, and
decomposers.
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All energy transferred through food
chains and webs is derived from the
Sun.
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Producers use the Sun’s energy to
create their own food through
photosynthesis.
3. In box #3 write “Environmental
Change”. Answer the following questions:
How can living organisms, such as
humans, change their environment? What
happens to an organism if their
environment changes? Can you think of
good and bad changes? How might
highways or bridges affect an environment
and the organisms that live there?
Example Box 3
• Living organisms, including
humans, can change their
environment. For example,
clearing a forest to build
houses.
• Changes to the environment
made by organisms can affect
other organisms. Like a beaver
building a dam.
Building A Highway
• Can clear out parts of an forest
• May make getting food difficult
• Animals might Migrate Adapt or
Die
4. In box #4 write “Adaptations”. Illustrate
an animal or plant adaptation. Label and
explain your illustration. Explain what the
term adaptation means.
Example Box 4
Help it hunt
Help it swim
camouflage
Protect it, conserve water
5. In box # 5 write the words “Inherited
Traits and Learned Behavior” at the top.
Define inherited traits and learned
behaviors. Give two examples for each.
Example Box 5
Inherited: traits an offspring
gets from their parents
Learned Behaviors – traits that you are
NOT born with, you learn or acquire them
• Examples:
• Examples:
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Hair color
Eye color
Height
Hair Line (widows peak)
Hitchhikers thumb
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Reading
Writing
How to tie shoes
Scar
Language
6. In box #6 write the word
“Interdependency”. Define the term
interdependency and give an example. How
does changing one part of a system affect the
rest of the system?
Example Box 6
• Interdependency means organisms (like plants
and animals) depend on other living things,
and nonliving things, such as air and water, to
survive.
• If you change one part of the system it may
affect others. For example, if a bunny
depends on grass to eat, and all the grass dies
it will effect the bunny.
7. In box #7 write “Parts of a Plant” at
the top. Draw a picture of a plant and
label the following structures: leaves,
roots, and stem. Explain the importance of
each part of the plant.
Example Box 7
Parts of a Plant
Flower: Attract pollinators for reproduction
Stem: Transports water
Leaf: Absorbs sunlight and carbon dioxide for
photosynthesis
Roots: Absorb water
8. In box #8 write “Life Cycle”. Define life
cycle and illustrate a picture of a life cycle.
Label / explain your picture.
Example Box 8
Seedling (baby plant)
Seeds
Adult Plant
…So after the plant dies the next
generation may continue
9. In box #9 write “Carbon Dioxide and
Oxygen Cycle”. Now draw and explain a
picture of carbon dioxide and oxygen cycle.
Label / explain your picture. How are plants
and animals involved in the cycling of
carbon dioxide and oxygen? What is the
significance of this cycle to the survival of
plants and animals?
Example Box 9
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Cycle
Animals breath in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide, plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen
10. In box # 10 write “Photosynthesis”. Now
draw a picture of photosynthesis. Label /
explain your picture. What does the process of
photosynthesis require and produce?
Example Box 10
Photosynthesis is how plants make food (sugar).
They need sunlight water and carbon dioxide.
Photosynthesis also releases oxygen.
11. In box #11 write “Metamorphosis”. Split this
box in half. On one side draw a picture of a complete
metamorphosis and on the other side draw a picture
of incomplete metamorphosis. Answer the following
questions. What is metamorphosis? What are the
different stages of complete metamorphosis? What
are the different stages of complete metamorphosis?
What are the different stages of incomplete
metamorphosis? Describe the difference between
complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Example Box 11
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Complete metamorphosis in insects involves
four distinct differences in life stages including
egg, larva, pupa, and adult
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Incomplete metamorphosis in insects involves
three life stages including egg, nymph, and adult
Butterflies and beetles undergo complete
metamorphosis, while grasshoppers and walking
sticks undergo incomplete metamorphosis.
12. In box #12 write “Water Cycle”. Now
draw a picture illustrating the water cycle.
Explain each step in this cycle. Label / explain
your picture.
Example Box 12!!!
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation