7th Grade 03/04/2020

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Identify the producer in an ecosystem.
• Classify consumers as herbivores or carnivores.
• Investigate the interdependence of the organisms in an ecosystem.
• Determine what each organism eats based on the results of experiments.
• Explore the long-term effects of changes to the ecosystem.

VOCABULARY

carnivore, consumer, ecosystem, equilibrium, extinct, food chain, herbivore, organism, population, prairie, producer

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Activity A – Grass