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Eureka! - The Golden Stag

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COMBINED RATING

3.9 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

4.5

STUDENTS (11)

3.3

LENGTH

20 Minutes

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Spanish Language Support

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Description

Help Adita open her restaurant. Discover how food webs work, from producers to predators. Point, click, and get ready to serve science on a plate!

Vocabulary Words

producers

food web

food chain

ecosystems

species

biomass

algae

zooplankton

overfishing

herbivore

carnivore

omnivore

primary consumer

secondary consumer

apex predator

scavengers

decomposers

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Food Webs in an Ecosystem. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

An increase or decrease in the population of a species in an ecosystem will likely affect all other organisms in the ecosystem.

Tertiary consumers are usually at the top of the food chain and consume secondary and primary consumers.

Primary consumers eat plants and are known are herbivores.

Photosynthesizing organisms are the foundation of virtually all food webs.

Food webs can show the flow of energy through a terrestrial ecosystem.

Food webs can show the flow of energy through a marine ecosystem.

Food webs can show the flow of energy through a freshwater ecosystem.

Different biomes support different varieties of organisms.

Decomposers break down dead or decaying organisms and return nutrients to soil.

Autotrophs, also known as producers, are organisms that can produce their own energy from the Sun through photosynthesis.

A food web is a diagram that shows the different paths along which energy can flow through through an ecosystem.

A food chain is a diagram showing a single path along which energy can flow through an ecosystem.

Biomass is organic material from plants or animals.

The primary source of energy on Earth's surface is sunlight.

Carbon cycles through living systems through the processes of photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and decomposition.

Secondary consumers are usually smaller carnivores and omnivores that eat primary consumers.

Heterotrophs, also known as consumers, must consume other organisms in order to obtain energy.

The cycling of matter can be modeled in the decomposition of biomass in a compost bin.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

Where does all the energy used by living things come from? What is the process called in which a plant uses sunlight to produce its own food? What are two examples of ecosystems found on Earth?

After the Game

What did you learn about why the sun is so important in food chains and webs? How are producers related to the sun? Why are decomposers and scavengers important in an ecosystem? What are apex predators? Give examples. Create a food chain that shows how animals need each other to survive.