WebQuest
Ecology Scavenger Hunt
Process
Before you begin, download and print the Ecology Worksheet. Use the directions below to find the answers to the questions...
1. Populations
Go to the website http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html
Answer the questions #a through c
2. Community
Go to the website http://library.thinkquest.org/28343/commun.html
Answer questions #d and e
3. Ecosystems
To learn about ecosystems go to http://forest.mtu.edu/kidscorner/ecosystems/definition.html
Answer #f through h
4. Biodiversity
Go to http://www.dublin.ie/environment/biodiversity/home.htm
Answer #i and j
Factors Affecting Biodiversity
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210243/Science%20Station/How%20living%20things%20interact%20with%20their%20environment/relationship%20of%20biotic%20and%20abiotic%20factors.htm
Answer #k and l
5. Food Chains
Go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Use the following organisms to create one:
Snake
Frog
Caterpillar
Owl
Flower
Diagram this on your worksheet!
To answer questions m through o go to
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/herbivore.htm herbivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/carnivore.htm carnivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/omnivore.htm omnivores
When you have completed #m-o go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animaldietgame.htm to play a game to review these these terms
6. Food Webs
Go to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html and choose one of the three food webs.
Put the food web together!
Now answer # p through r
7. Energy in an Ecosystem
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/314/deploy/interface.html
Use your worksheet to describe what you learned under #a!
8. The 10% rule
Go to p. 88 in your textbook
Answer #b
9. Carbon cycle
Go to http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/carbon_cycle_version2.html
Click and complete scene 1
Answer #c on your worksheet
Go to http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html
Read about the carbon cycle and complete #d through i
Diagram the carbon cycle
10. Nitrogen Cycle
Go to the website http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/nitrogen_cycle.html&edu=mid
Diagram the nitrogen cycle
Answer the questions #j through m
11. Water Cycle
Go to http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/water_cycle.html&edu=elem
Diagram the water cycle
12. Biomes Around the World
Go to http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php
To answer #n, use your textbook, p. 82
Answer #o
13. Using your worksheet, write a 100 to 200 word paper (Times New Roman, size 12 font) addressing the following issue:
Construction and housing projects have been held up because of the presence of a rare species.
Are we really worse off if we lose 1 or 2 species ? AND Why is it so important that we have a variety of species?
Staple your typed essay to the front of your completed worksheet.
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