Food Chain Webquest Name:____________ Homebase:__________ Date: _______________
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Complete Stop #1 on the following webquest. All links are on our blogs.
After you have completed Stop #1, show your teacher and get it initialed and scored.
Make corrections on Stop #1 and get it initialed and scored.
Repeat Steps 1 – 3 for each Stop on the webquest.
Stop #1-Kids Corner Producers and Consumers
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producersconsumers.htm
Producers/Consumers
Why are plants called producers? _______________________________________________________
In photosynthesis, plants use:
___________ + _________ + ______________ to make _______________ + ________________
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Why is photosynthesis so important? _____________________________________________________
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Animals are called consumers because: ___________________________________________________
Write down the three types of consumers and describe them.
_______________ are _________________________________________________________________
_______________ are _________________________________________________________________
_______________ are _________________________________________________________________
What do decomposers do? ______________________________________________________________
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Why are decomposers so important? _____________________________________________________
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The two types of primary decomposers are _______________________ and _____________________
Now, get a teacher initial and completion score (between 0 and 1 points) _________________________
Then make your corrections, in a different colour using the paper answer key and get another teacher
initial and accuracy score (between 0 and 0.5 points)_________________________________________
Page Total:____ /1.5 points
Stop #3 - Chain Reaction http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm
What is bioaccumulation? ______________________________________________________________
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What northern animal gets the greatest concentration of toxins? ________________________________
Why? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What happens to the level of contamination of toxins as you move up the food chain? _______________
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Why would this be a problem for humans? _________________________________________________
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PLAY THE GAME, then Click on “Northern Food Chain”
Write down the order of things in the “Northern Food Chain”. The things in alphabetical order are:
algae, cod (fish), polar bear, seal, shrimp and sun.
__________  __________  __________  __________  __________  __________
When the fish (cod) is removed, what happens to each of the following organisms and why?
Shrimp______________________________________________________________________________
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Algae______________________________________________________________________________
Seals_______________________________________________________________________________
Polar Bears__________________________________________________________________________
Click on “Forest Food Chain”
Write down the order of things in the “Forest Food Chain”. The things in alphabetical order are:
frog, grass, grasshopper, owl, snake and sun.
__________  __________  __________  __________  __________  __________
When the frog is removed, what happens to each of the following organisms and why?
Grasshoppers_________________________________________________________________________
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Grass______________________________________________________________________________
Snakes______________________________________________________________________________
Owls__________________________________________________________________________
Now, get a teacher initial and completion score (between 0 and 1 points) _________________________
Then make your corrections, in a different colour using the paper answer key and get another teacher
initial and accuracy score (between 0 and 0.5 points)_________________________________________
Page Total:____ /1.5 points
Stop #2 - Play the Producer/Consumer/Decomposer Game:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersgame.htm
As you play, write down all the producers, consumers and decomposers in the chart below
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Food Chain
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
What does a food chain show?___________________________________________________________
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Click to learn about bigger food chains!
In the bigger food chain, what is the function of the mushroom and other decomposers?
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Play the Food Chain Game and fill in the chart, like that of the example:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm
Food Chain
Producer
Example
Simple
Bigger
Marine
Mixed
Full
Full Marine
With Human
Grass
Primary
Consumer
Grasshopper
Secondary
Consumer
Snake
Tertiary
Consumer
Hawk
Decomposer
Fungi
Now, get a teacher initial and completion score (between 0 and 1 points) _________________________
Then make your corrections, in a different colour using the paper answer key and get another teacher
initial and accuracy score (between 0 and 0.5 points)_________________________________________
Page Total:____ /1.5 points
Stop #4 - Food Chain Puzzle
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/foodpuzzlechain.html
Complete Questions 1-10. Then, show your teacher the page saying, “You have 100%......”
Then get the teacher initial worth 0.1 points. _______
Next, go here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/food_chains/play.shtml
What’s at the top of the land food chain? ___________________________
What’s at the top of the sea food chain? _____________________________
Then get the teacher initial worth 0.1 points. _______
Lastly, go here: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/indicator/index.cfm
What are the three main reasons why frogs can indicate if the environment is healthy?
1. __________________________________________________________________________________
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This can tell us if the environment is healthy because:
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2. __________________________________________________________________________________
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This can tell us if the environment is healthy because:
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3. __________________________________________________________________________________
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This can tell us if the environment is healthy because:
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Now, get a teacher initial and accuracy score for the above (between 0 and 0.3 points) ______________
Then make your corrections, in a different colour using the paper answer key and get another teacher
initial and accuracy score (between 0 and 0.5 points)_________________________________________
Page Total:____ /0.5 points
GRAND TOTAL ____ / 5 points